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Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury

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dc.contributor.author Gregory, MA en_US
dc.contributor.author George, RC en_US
dc.contributor.author Marshall, DJ en_US
dc.contributor.author Anandraj, A en_US
dc.contributor.author McClurg, TP en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-02-08T07:59:04Z en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2007-06-07T10:06:05Z
dc.date.available 2007-02-08T07:59:04Z en_US
dc.date.available 2007-06-07T10:06:05Z
dc.date.issued 2002 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Gregory, MA, et al. Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury. Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol 45, 12 January, pp 114-125 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0025-326x en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1660 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1660
dc.description.abstract The accumulation of metal in soft tissues, filtration rate and gill filament morphology are correlated in the southern African rock mussel, Perna perna, during exposure to mercury (24 days) and recovery (24 days). The amount of Hg in soft tissues increased from 0.13 to 87.5 mug/g dry weight after 24 days exposure, and declined to 13 mug/g during recovery. Mean filtration rate fell from 3979 to 1818 ml/h/g dry weight by day 2, but recovered slightly through days 4 and 8 (3037 ml/h/g), with a higher average rate (5030 ml/h/g) being maintained over the 24-48 days recovery period. The initial decline in filtration coincided with epithelial cell deterioration presented as interstitial oedema; neural and epithelial cell degeneration and reduced ciliation. Between days 8 and 24, cilia regenerated and there was a general improvement in cell morphology. Gill filament morphology returned to near normal during the metal-free recovery period. The usefulness of P. perna as an indicator of pollution is discussed en_US
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dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. en_US
dc.rights Copyright:2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. en_US
dc.subject Mussels en_US
dc.subject Bioindicators en_US
dc.subject Pollution en_US
dc.subject Electron microscopy en_US
dc.subject Environmental sciences en_US
dc.title Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Gregory, M., George, R., Marshall, D., Anandraj, A., & McClurg, T. (2002). Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1660 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Gregory, MA, RC George, DJ Marshall, A Anandraj, and TP McClurg "Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury." (2002) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1660 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Gregory M, George R, Marshall D, Anandraj A, McClurg T. Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury. 2002; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1660. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Gregory, MA AU - George, RC AU - Marshall, DJ AU - Anandraj, A AU - McClurg, TP AB - The accumulation of metal in soft tissues, filtration rate and gill filament morphology are correlated in the southern African rock mussel, Perna perna, during exposure to mercury (24 days) and recovery (24 days). The amount of Hg in soft tissues increased from 0.13 to 87.5 mug/g dry weight after 24 days exposure, and declined to 13 mug/g during recovery. Mean filtration rate fell from 3979 to 1818 ml/h/g dry weight by day 2, but recovered slightly through days 4 and 8 (3037 ml/h/g), with a higher average rate (5030 ml/h/g) being maintained over the 24-48 days recovery period. The initial decline in filtration coincided with epithelial cell deterioration presented as interstitial oedema; neural and epithelial cell degeneration and reduced ciliation. Between days 8 and 24, cilia regenerated and there was a general improvement in cell morphology. Gill filament morphology returned to near normal during the metal-free recovery period. The usefulness of P. perna as an indicator of pollution is discussed DA - 2002 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Mussels KW - Bioindicators KW - Pollution KW - Electron microscopy KW - Environmental sciences LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2002 SM - 0025-326x T1 - Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury TI - Correlations between metal uptake in the soft tissue of Perna perna and gill filament pathology after exposure to mercury UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1660 ER - en_ZA


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