Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the widespread serpulid Ficopomatus enigmaticus: Developmental responses to carbon nanotubes.
Mar Pollut Bull
; 156: 111265, 2020 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Ficopomatus enigmaticus was adopted as model species for ecotoxicological bioassay, with its larval development as endpoint. Two different populations of the same species, collected in areas far from each other (Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean), were exposed to multi-walled carbon nanotubes, a class of emerging pollutants with a constantly increasing relevance in the landscape of nanomaterials production. Moreover, a molecular analysis based on Cyt b amplification and sequencing, was carried out to confirm that both populations belong to the same species. The aim of the present work was to strengthen existing results about F. enigmaticus relevance in ecotoxicological bioassays, adding the variable of population effect. For both populations the concentration-response curve of effect at different toxicant concentrations was similar and, at certain concentrations, overlapping, confirming the ecological relevance of the assay. These results posed an interesting acceptance on the introduction of this species as model in ecotoxicological bioassay scenery, underlining the relevance of a widespread wild species to compare effects of chemicals and environmental samples over large distances using the same bioassay.
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Poliquetos
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Nanotubos de Carbono
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Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
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2020
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