Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in sediments from fishing grounds in the NW Mediterranean: Ecotoxicological implications for the benthic fish Solea sp.

Solé, Montserrat; Manzanera, Marta; Bartolomé, Arantxa; Tort, L.; Caixach, Josep

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.018

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“…Although chemical characterisation of the biotic and abiotic compartments is desirable, this is not always possible. Former data, on organic and metal pollution levels in the sediment, the same fish species and sampling site, indicated higher presence of PCBs and other organochlorinated (OCl) compounds, analogous to the chemical composition of the Flix mud (Solé et al 2013) and confirming the adequacy of the selected site for assessing the influence of the Ebre river discharges. An estimation of the potential river inputs to the nearby marine area was gained by the flow measured at the Flix site.…”

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The use of juvenile Solea solea as sentinel in the marine platform of the Ebre Delta: in vitro interaction of emerging contaminants with the liver detoxification system

Crespo

Solé

2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Juveniles of Solea solea were sampled during the spring season in three consecutive years at a marine site by the mouth of the Ebre river. The aim was to assess if the extractive works from the toxic load upstream the river could be reflected on the health status of the fish living at the immediate sea. The biomarkers selected for the in vivo field study are commonly used as indicators of chemical exposures. They include activities of energy metabolism: lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and citrate synthase (CS); neurotoxicity: cholinesterases (ChE); xenobiotic metabolism: cytochrome P450 (CYP)-dependent: EROD and BFCOD, carboxylesterase (CbE), glutathione S-transferase (GST) and uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase (UDPGT); and oxidative stress parameters such as catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) as well as levels of lipid peroxidation (LPO). These biomarkers were mostly analysed in liver but also in gills and muscle depending on their particular tissue distribution and role. A complementary in vitro approach was also sought to see the capacity of common emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals and personal care products; PPCPs) to interact with the liver microsomal detoxification system of the fish (EROD, BFCOD and CbE activities). The results indicated that in fish sampled in 2015 there was an enhancement in detoxification parameters (EROD, BFCOD and gill GR), muscular ChEs and gill CS, but a decrease in CbE activity and a marked oxidative stress situation (increased LPO and decreased CAT activity). Also, 4 out of the 10 PPCPs tested in vitro were able to interact with the CYP3A4 (BFCOD) enzymatic system while the lipid regulators simvastatin and fenofibrate inhibited CbE activity, as it occurs in higher vertebrates. The in vivo results support the use of a multibiomarker approach when assessing the disturbances due to chemical exposures, not only spatially but also over time, once the influence of other variables has been taken into consideration. The in vitro results highlight the importance of the CYP3A4 and CbE pathway in pharmaceutical metabolism, also in fish.

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The use of juvenile Solea solea as sentinel in the marine platform of the Ebre Delta: in vitro interaction of emerging contaminants with the liver detoxification system

Crespo

Solé

2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…The fine sediment and pollutants that are present on the Catalan coast are mainly provided by the rivers, which develop mud belt prodeltas, particularly along the inner and mid-continental shelf [14,15,18,[21][22][23][24]. Outside these prodeltaic mud deposits, surface sediment can be relict from hundreds and thousands of years ago, when the sea level was lower than today [22,25,26].…”

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“…These methods are based mainly on United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) methods (e.g., 8270C, 1614, 1668) [19,24,[34][35][36].…”

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Evolution of Chemical Pollution in Catalan Coastal Sediments

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Caixach

Belzunces

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The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

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In 2000 and from 2006 to 2011, a monitoring program was followed along the Catalan inner shelf, using homogeneous analytical methods and sampling strategies and focusing on the main sites of river sediment accumulation at present. Adjacent areas that are potentially vulnerable to pollution were also selected. Trace metals and organic pollutants were analyzed in surface sediment samples. Mean concentrations in each area show a distribution of organic and inorganic pollutants along the Catalan inner continental shelf. The highest concentrations are located on and around the coast of Barcelona city for most pollutants and locally on the coast of Tarragona city and the Ebre Delta for some of them. The concentrations tend to decrease gradually southward and sharply northward of Barcelona. The trace metal that shows the highest anomalies is Hg (max. enrichment factor, 34), whereas Cd, Zn, Cr, Pb, and Cu show more moderate anomalies. Sediment polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 4-nonylphenols (metabolites of nonylphenol polyethoxylated, nonionic surfactant), polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane are also significant. The time evolution of most trace metals shows a decreasing trend mainly between 2000 and 2006, whereas between 2006 and 2011 trends of trace metals and organic pollutants are not clear, as some of them increased and others decreased and many of them peaked in 2007 and 2009. The greatest decreases in trace metals were in the most polluted areas.

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“…Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), pesticides (organophosphorus (OPPs), organochlorine (OCPs), etc.) are persistent organic pollutants usually present in the environment [1]. They have extensively been studied for their geochemical interest as markers in identifying sedimentary deposits' origin and evolution in aquatic environments.…”

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Novel use of TGA–FTIR technique to predict the pollution degree in marine sediments

Oudghiri

García‐Morales

Rodríguez-Barroso

2015

Infrared Physics & Technology

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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in sediments from fishing grounds in the NW Mediterranean: Ecotoxicological implications for the benthic fish Solea sp.

Cited by 36 publications

References 34 publications

The use of juvenile Solea solea as sentinel in the marine platform of the Ebre Delta: in vitro interaction of emerging contaminants with the liver detoxification system

The use of juvenile Solea solea as sentinel in the marine platform of the Ebre Delta: in vitro interaction of emerging contaminants with the liver detoxification system

Evolution of Chemical Pollution in Catalan Coastal Sediments

Novel use of TGA–FTIR technique to predict the pollution degree in marine sediments

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