%0 Journal Article %1 keyhere %A Bihari, Nevenka %A Fafanđel, Maja %A Piškur, Vanda %D 2007 %J Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology %K Croatia Gulf Mytilus PAHs Sea bioaccumulation galloprovincialis %N 3 %P 379--387 %T Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Ecotoxicological Characterization of Seawater, Sediment, and Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialisfrom the Gulf of Rijeka, the Adriatic Sea, Croatia %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-005-0259-5 %V 52 %X Abstract  The pattern of spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seawater, sediment, and mussels, potential toxicity of different matrices, and mussel anoxic survival from six sampling sites of the Gulf of Rijeka, the Adriatic Sea,Croatia was examined. The total concentrations of 10 PAHs vary from below detection limit to 305 ng/L in seawater, from 213to 695 μg/kg dry weight in sediment and from 49.2 to 134 ng/g wet weight in mussel tissue. Combustion is the principal sourceof PAH contamination in seawater and sediment samples. Sediment samples are distinguished from the majority of seawater andmussel samples by the presence of high molecular weight PAHs, whereas mussels from majority of sampling sites tend to accumulatePAHs of lower molecular weight. The PAH dynamic between different matrices is complex and site specific. Toxicity of seawaterand sediment organic extract is correlated with PAH content, indicating that PAHs are the predominant toxic compounds. Thereis no correlation between toxicity of mussel biological fluids and toxicity of seawater and sediment, or between toxicityof mussel biological fluid and PAH content in mussel, seawater, or sediment. There is a positive correlation between potentialtoxicity of mussel biological fluids and reduction of anoxic survival time. Mussel anoxic survival is influenced by the presenceof complex mixture of toxic contaminants, not only PAHs. The relationship between PAH contents in different marine matricesand their ability to affect mussels revealed specific interactions between an organism and complex mixture of toxic contaminantspresent in the marine environment.

@article{keyhere, abstract = {Abstract  The pattern of spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in seawater, sediment, and mussels, potential toxicity of different matrices, and mussel anoxic survival from six sampling sites of the Gulf of Rijeka, the Adriatic Sea,Croatia was examined. The total concentrations of 10 PAHs vary from below detection limit to 305 ng/L in seawater, from 213to 695 μg/kg dry weight in sediment and from 49.2 to 134 ng/g wet weight in mussel tissue. Combustion is the principal sourceof PAH contamination in seawater and sediment samples. Sediment samples are distinguished from the majority of seawater andmussel samples by the presence of high molecular weight PAHs, whereas mussels from majority of sampling sites tend to accumulatePAHs of lower molecular weight. The PAH dynamic between different matrices is complex and site specific. Toxicity of seawaterand sediment organic extract is correlated with PAH content, indicating that PAHs are the predominant toxic compounds. Thereis no correlation between toxicity of mussel biological fluids and toxicity of seawater and sediment, or between toxicityof mussel biological fluid and PAH content in mussel, seawater, or sediment. There is a positive correlation between potentialtoxicity of mussel biological fluids and reduction of anoxic survival time. Mussel anoxic survival is influenced by the presenceof complex mixture of toxic contaminants, not only PAHs. The relationship between PAH contents in different marine matricesand their ability to affect mussels revealed specific interactions between an organism and complex mixture of toxic contaminantspresent in the marine environment.}, added-at = {2008-02-13T17:26:17.000+0100}, author = {Bihari, Nevenka and Fafanđel, Maja and Piškur, Vanda}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c11b4a4015a89eb544a00ee09a5a4908/zemolo}, description = {SpringerLink - Journal Article}, interhash = {45b309519f6e719525c0ec8d2b0d231a}, intrahash = {c11b4a4015a89eb544a00ee09a5a4908}, journal = {Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology}, keywords = {Croatia Gulf Mytilus PAHs Sea bioaccumulation galloprovincialis}, month = {#apr#}, number = 3, pages = {379--387}, timestamp = {2008-02-13T17:26:17.000+0100}, title = {Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Ecotoxicological Characterization of Seawater, Sediment, and Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialisfrom the Gulf of Rijeka, the Adriatic Sea, Croatia}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00244-005-0259-5}, volume = 52, year = 2007 }