DETERMINATION AND GENOTOXICITY OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC-HYDROCARBONS ISOLATED FROM DREISSINA-POLYMORPHA (ZEBRA MUSSELS) SAMPLED FROM HAMILTON HARBOR

被引:25
作者
MARVIN, CH [1 ]
MCCARRY, BE [1 ]
BRYANT, DW [1 ]
机构
[1] MCMASTER UNIV,DEPT BIOCHEM,HAMILTON L8S 3Z5,ON,CANADA
关键词
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ZEBRA MUSSELS; HAMILTON HARBOR; GENOTOXICITY; PAH;
D O I
10.1016/S0380-1330(94)71168-0
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were determined in extracts of zebra mussels sampled from sites in Hamilton Harbour. The mussels were extracted using a tissue homogenizer method and the resulting solvent extracts were subjected to an alumina column and a Sephadex LH20 column clean-up procedure. Total PAH concentrations in Zebra mussel extracts ranged from 0.35 mug/g to 10.0 mug/g of mussel homogenate. The extracts were also found to exhibit significant mutagenic responses in the Ames Salmonella/microsome assay. The results indicate that zebra mussels might be used as biological indicators of PAH contamination in freshwater environments such as Hamilton Harbour.
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