Title :

Responses of juvenile sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, exposed to acute concentrations of crude oil, as assessed by molecular and physiological biomarkers.

Author(s) :

Kerambrun, Elodie [Auteur correspondant]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]
Université Lille Nord de France (COMUE)
Le Floch, Stéphane [Auteur]
Centre de documentation de recherche et d'expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux [Cedre]
Sanchez, Wilfried [Auteur]
Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques [INERIS]
Thomas-Guyon, Hélène [Auteur]
LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés [LIENSs]
Meziane, Tarik [Auteur]
Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques [BOREA]
Henry, Françoise [Auteur]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]
Amara, Rachid [Auteur]
Laboratoire d’Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG) - UMR 8187 [LOG]
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale [ULCO]

Journal title :

Chemosphere

Pages :

692-702

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2012-05

ISSN :

0045-6535

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Ecologie, Environnement

English abstract : [en]

In the present study, juvenile sea bass were exposed for 48 and 96 h to an Arabian light crude oil and their responses were assessed at the molecular and physiological levels. The aim of the study was therefore to assess ...
Show more >In the present study, juvenile sea bass were exposed for 48 and 96 h to an Arabian light crude oil and their responses were assessed at the molecular and physiological levels. The aim of the study was therefore to assess (i) the short term effects of crude oil exposure by the measurement of several molecular biomarkers, (ii) the consequences of this short term exposure on fish health by using growth and condition indices measured after a decontamination period of 28 and 26 d in seawater. Hydrocarbon petroleum concentrations was monitored during the 96 h experiments and an increase of PAH concentrations were found in fish following both exposure times. An 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) induction was observed after 48 h of exposure, while a significant decrease in the sea bass specific growth rate in length and for the RNA:DNA ratio was observed 28 d after that exposure ceased. The EROD induction doubled after the 96 h exposure, and a significant increase in GST activities was observed. A significant decrease in the specific growth rates, the otolith recent growth, the RNA:DNA ratio and the Fulton's K condition index were then observed in sea bass 26 d after the 96 h exposure to mechanically dispersed crude oil compared to the control. The present study shows that growth and condition indices can prove useful in assessing fish health status following an oil spill. Their complementary analysis with sensitive molecular biomarkers as EROD could improve the determination of oil spill impact on fish populations.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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Source :

Harvested from HAL