title: Effect of diesel fuel pollution on the lipid composition of some wide-spread Black Sea algae and invertebrates.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: Jordan T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Nechev
authors.forename: Svetlana V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Khotimchenko
authors.forename: Albena P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: Kamen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Stefanov
authors.forename: Stefka D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Dimitrova-Konaklieva
authors.forename: Stoitse
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andreev
authors.forename: Simeon S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Popov
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005742:Gasoline; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical