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Factors determining accumulation of bisphenol A and alkylphenols at a low trophic level as exemplified by mussels Mytilus trossulus
Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate abiotic and biotic factors influencing the accumulation of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) such as bisphenol A (BPA), 4-tert-octylphenol (OP) and 4- nonylphenol (NP) in mussels Mytilus trossulus from the Gulf of Gdansk (Southern Baltic). The key abiotic factor influencing BPA, OP and NP accumulation in mussels is their hydrophilicity/lipophilicity, which affects their main assimilation routes - by digestive tract for the more lipophilic OP and NP, and additionally by the gills for the less lipophilic BPA. As a result, high condition index (i.e. higher soft tissue weight) is more often correlated with high concentrations of OP and NP in mussels than with BPA. Furthermore, alkylphenols have 6e8 times greater accumulative potential than BPA. Concentration of the studied compounds was lower in females than in males following spawning, and the effect lasted longer for BPA than for alkylphenols. The influence of season and hydrological conditions on BPA, OP, NP in the mussel was more pronounced than the proximity of external sources of these compounds. An increase in water temperature in summer probably stimulated the solubility of BPA, the least lipophilic of the studied compounds, and led to increased assimilation of this compound from water (through gills). On the other hand, high OP and NP concentrations in mussels occurred in spring, which was caused by increased surface run-off and sediments resuspension.
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Marta Staniszewska
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
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Bożena Graca
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
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Adam Sokołowski
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
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Iga Nehring
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
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Anna Jendzul
- Uniwersytet Gdański Instytut Oceanografii
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
- Published in:
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
no. 220,
edition part B,
pages 1147 - 1159,
ISSN: 0269-7491 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Bibliographic description:
- Staniszewska M., Graca B., Sokołowski A., Nehring I., Wasik A., Jendzul A.: Factors determining accumulation of bisphenol A and alkylphenols at a low trophic level as exemplified by mussels Mytilus trossulus// ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. -Vol. 220, iss. part B (2017), s.1147-1159
- DOI:
- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.020
- Verified by:
- Gdańsk University of Technology
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