Effect of diesel fuel pollution on the lipid composition of some wide-spread Black Sea algae and invertebrates.
Two green algae (Ulva rigida and Cladophora coelothrix), the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the snail Rapana thomasiana from the Bulgarian Black Sea shore have been treated with diesel fuel (100mg l(-1)) in an aquarium with sea-water for three days. The lipids and their fatty acid changes have been examined. Significant changes have been observed mainly in the polar lipids and in the saturation of the fatty acids. These changes appeared to be bigger in the evolutionary less advanced species from both groups of marine organisms--algae and invertebrates (Ulva rigida and Mytilus galloprovincialis respectively). The data obtained could be used for a biomonitoring of the pollution.
Nechev
Jordan T
JT
Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
Khotimchenko
Svetlana V
SV
Ivanova
Albena P
AP
Stefanov
Kamen L
KL
Dimitrova-Konaklieva
Stefka D
SD
Andreev
Stoitse
S
Popov
Simeon S
SS
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005060:Europe; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005742:Gasoline / Q000633:toxicity*; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D012623:Seawater; D012908:Snails / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000494:pharmacology*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D005742:Gasoline; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical