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Suitability of enzymatic markers to assess the environmental condition of natural populations of Gambusia affinis and Daphnia magna--a case study.

Abstract：

:In recent years, the use of biochemical markers, especially in the assessment of toxic effects and modes of action, under controlled laboratory conditions has increased. However, transposing their use to in situ monitoring or risk assessment evaluations has encountered barriers, mainly related to the difficulty in interpreting the meaning of biochemical variation. In this work, we aimed at understanding if biochemical marker activities (cholinesterase, glutathione S-transferase and lactate dehydrogenase) can be used to monitor the health status of natural populations of fish (Gambusia affinis) and daphnids (Daphnia magna). For that, two ponds with different water properties were chosen as study sites, and organisms collected at four sampling periods along the year. The pattern of biochemical marker responses was not the same in the two species, showing higher integrated biochemical marker response values in the winter for G. affinis and in the autumn for D. magna, suggesting specificities that must be taken into account in biomonitoring programmes by including representative species of several trophic levels. In the case of G. affinis, the differences in key physicochemical parameters between the two ponds (especially dissolved oxygen levels) did not seem to affect biochemical marker levels as if organisms were already perfectly adapted to their environment. In general, seasonal variation of water quality seems to have an important role on biochemical marker responses. Several parameters above Environmental Quality Standards were identified such as dissolved oxygen (DO), ammonia, nitrites, sulphides and metals, but eventual responses to these stressors could not be discriminated from natural variation except for particular cases.

journal_name

Environ Monit Assess

journal_title

Environmental monitoring and assessment

authors

Domingues I,Santos CS,Ferreira NG,Machado L,Oliveira R,Ferreira A,Lopes I,Loureiro S,Soares AM

doi

10.1007/s10661-015-4429-2

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-04-01 00:00:00

pages

208

issue

eissn

0167-6369

issn

1573-2959

journal_volume

187

pub_type

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Suitability of enzymatic markers to assess the environmental condition of natural populations of Gambusia affinis and Daphnia magna--a case study.