Comparative sensitivity of European native (Anodonta anatina) and exotic (Corbicula fluminea) bivalves to mercury

Oliveira, Patrícia; Lopes‐Lima, Manuel; Machado, J.A.T.; Guilhermino, Lúcia

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.06.014

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“…Douda (2010) reported that A. anatina is more sensitive than U. crassus to nitrate pollution, thus the variation in species-level sensitivity may explain the differences in mortality. Further, there is interesting species-level variation in the mussels ability to detect harmful elements; A. anatina did not exhibit shell closure during Hg exposure and was thus eliminated, whereas Corbicula fluminea did exhibit shell closure and was not harmed, even at the highest Hg concentration (Oliveira et al 2015). Pynnönen (1990) reported the highest Ca 2+ hemolymph concentrations for U. tumidus and U. pictorum, while it was lowest for A. anatina.…”

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“…The mussel species did not exhibit any clear preferences in terms of habitats (patchy distribution and multispecies mussel beds is commonly reported; Watters 2006;Allen et al 2013;Lopes-Lima et al 2015), which could have been used to assess the reasons for differences in mortality. In addition, the filtration rates for A. anatina, U. crassus, U. tumidus and U. pictorum are nearly identical (Kryger and Riisgård 1988) and A. anatina, U. tumidus and U. pictorum exhibit similar activity levels and grain size preferences in pedal feeding (benthic material is taken up by the mussel foot and transported into the digestive system) (Brendelberger and Klauke 2009).…”

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NiSO4 spill inflicts varying mortality between four freshwater mussel species (including protected Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788) in a western Finnish river

Leppänen

Leinikki²,

Väisänen³

2020

Environmental Pollution

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Freshwater mussels are one of the most threatened taxonomic groups in the world, and many species are on the brink of local or global extinction. Human activities have altered mussel living conditions in a plethora of ways. One of the most destructive human-induced impacts on running waters is the catastrophic spill of harmful substances, which results in massive die-offs. Even though Finland is regarded as the world's top country in terms of environmental regulation quality, riverine systems are not safe. In 2014, River Kokemäenjoki in western Finland experienced the worst NiSO4 spill in the country's history, visibly affecting the mussel community -including protected Unio crassus -along the river. Because freshwater mussel toxicology is grossly understudied (particularly in Europe), any pollution -linked die-offs offer valuable opportunities to study the issue in natural environment. Here, we report the mussel investigations from 2014 and a follow-up study conducted in 2017 in order to assess the variation in species sensitivity on nickel pollution. In total, 104 sites were sampled, and over 20 000 mussels were identified and counted. Our results 2 indicate that the most impacted species (i.e. that which experienced the highest spill-induced mortality) was Anodonta anatina (62%), followed by Unio pictorum (32%), U. crassus (24%) and Unio tumidus (9%). The underlying reason for the sensitivity of A. anatina is not resolved, hence more research is urgently needed. The low mortality among most of the species in 2017 highlights the temporal nature of the pollution impact and the recovery potential of the mussel community. However, the case is more complex with U. crassus population, which may be experiencing delayed impacts of the spill. Because nickel is one of the most commonly produced industrial metals in the world (hence the pollution incident risk is high) and River Kokemäenjoki hosts mussel community typical for European rivers, our results may benefit many researchers and stakeholders dealing with riverine environments.Main finding: The freshwater mussels exhibit differences in NiSO4 pollution tolerance. Anodonta anatina is the most sensitive species, followed by Unio pictorum, Unio crassus and Unio tumidus.

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NiSO4 spill inflicts varying mortality between four freshwater mussel species (including protected Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788) in a western Finnish river

Leppänen

Leinikki²,

Väisänen³

2020

Environmental Pollution

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“…A. anatina and other unionid mussels undergo a complex lifecycle, where gravid females brood eggs and larvae (glochidia) in their gills until parasitic glochidia are released to mature in the gills of host fish (Aldridge 1999;Barnhart et al 2008;Hinzmann et al 2013). A. anatina has already been used as a model in ecotoxicological field and laboratory studies (Bielen et al 2016;Falfushynska et al 2013Falfushynska et al , 2014Hartmann et al 2016;Frank 2011, 2012a, b;Oliviera et al 2015;Santini et al 2011), but to our knowledge, transcriptional biomarkers have not previously been studied in the species.…”

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Transcriptional and biochemical biomarker responses in a freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina) under environmentally relevant Cu exposure

Ugge

Jonsson

Olsson

et al. 2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Molecular biomarkers, like gene transcripts or enzyme activities, are potentially powerful tools for early warning assessment of pollution. However, a thorough understanding of response and baseline variation is required to distinguish actual effects from pollution. Here, we assess the freshwater mussel Anodonta anatina as a biomarker model species for freshwater ecosystems, by testing responses of six transcriptional (cat, gst, hsp70, hsp90, mt, and sod) and two biochemical (AChE and GST) biomarkers to environmentally relevant Cu water concentrations. Mussels (n = 20), collected from a stream free from point source pollution, were exposed in the laboratory, for 96 h, to Cu treatments (< 0.2 μg/L, 0.77 ± 0.87 μg/L, and 6.3 ± 5.4 μg/L). Gills and digestive glands were extracted and analyzed for transcriptional and biochemical responses. Biological and statistical effect sizes from Cu treatments were in general small (mean log 2 fold-change ≤ 0.80 and Cohen's f ≤ 0.69, respectively), and no significant treatment effects were observed. In contrast, four out of eight biomarkers (cat, gst, hsp70, and GST) showed a significant sex:tissue interaction, and additionally one (sod) showed significant overall effects from sex. Specifically, three markers in gills (cat, mt, GST) and one in digestive gland (AChE) displayed significant sex differences, independent of treatment. Results suggest that sex or tissue effects might obscure low-magnitude biomarker responses and potential early warnings. Thus, variation in biomarker baselines and response patterns needs to be further addressed for the future use of A. anatina as a biomarker model species.

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“…The increment of pollutants in aquatic environments is closely related with the growth of the world population (Zhang et al, 2015). Studies demonstrated that intense urbanization and industrial activities, with the associated effluents, result in an increase of pollution in the aquatic systems, especially in marine environments (Nardi et al, 2017, Belivermiş et al, 2016Oliveira, 2015;Ventura-Lima et al, 2011). Often, the final destination of pollutants are lagoons and estuaries (Zhang et al, 2015), with tendency to be accumulated not only in sediments but also by organisms inhabiting these areas (Buffet et al, 2014;Ventura-Lima et al, 2009.…”

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Remediation of arsenic from contaminated seawater using manganese spinel ferrite nanoparticles: Ecotoxicological evaluation in Mytilus galloprovincialis

Coppola

Tavares

Henriques

et al. 2019

Environmental Research

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In the last decade different approaches have been applied for water remediation purposes, including the use of nanoparticles(NPs) to remove metals and metalloids from water. Although studies have been done on the toxic impacts of such NPs, very scarce information is available on the impacts of water after decontamination when discharged into aquatic environments. In this way, the present study we aimed to evaluate the ecotoxicological safety of seawater previously contaminated with arsenic (As) and remediated by using manganese-ferrite (MnFe2O4) nanoparticles (NPs). For this, mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis were exposed for 28 days to different conditions, including clean seawater (control), As (1000 µg L-1) contaminated and remediated (As 70 µg L-1) seawater, water containing manganese-ferrite (MnFe2O4) nanoparticles (NPs) (50 mg L-1) with and with the presence of As. At the end of exposure, concentrations of As in mussels tissues were quantified and biomarkers related to mussels' metabolism and oxidative stress status were evaluated. Results revealed that mussels exposed to water contaminated with As and to As+NPs accumulated significantly more As (between 62% to 76% more) than those exposed to remediated seawater. Regarding biomarkers, our findings demonstrated that in comparison to remediated seawater (conditions a, b, c) mussels exposed to contaminated seawater (conditions A, B, C) presented significantly lower metabolic activity, lower expenditure of energy reserves, activation of antioxidant and biotransformation defences, higher lipids and protein damages and greater AChE inhibition. Furthermore, organisms exposed to As, NPs or As+NPs revealed similar biochemical effects, both before and after water decontamination. In conclusion, the present study suggests that seawater previously contaminated with As and remediated by manganese-ferrite (MnFe2O4) NPs presented significantly lower toxicity than As contaminated water, evidencing the potential use of these NPs to remediate seawater contaminated with As and its safety towards marine systems after discharges to these environments.

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Comparative sensitivity of European native (Anodonta anatina) and exotic (Corbicula fluminea) bivalves to mercury

Cited by 39 publications

References 72 publications

NiSO4 spill inflicts varying mortality between four freshwater mussel species (including protected Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788) in a western Finnish river

NiSO4 spill inflicts varying mortality between four freshwater mussel species (including protected Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788) in a western Finnish river

Transcriptional and biochemical biomarker responses in a freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina) under environmentally relevant Cu exposure

Remediation of arsenic from contaminated seawater using manganese spinel ferrite nanoparticles: Ecotoxicological evaluation in Mytilus galloprovincialis

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