Antioxidant Defenses and Trace Metal Bioaccumulation Capacity of Cymbula nigra (Gastropoda: Patellidae)

• Published in: Water, air, and soil pollution Vol. 224; no. 3; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Rivera-Ingraham, G. A., Malanga, G., Puntarulo, S., Pérez, A. F., Ruiz-Tabares, A., Maestre, M., González-Aranda, R., Espinosa, F., García-Gómez, J. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Animals; Antioxidants; Applied sciences; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Beta carotene; Bioaccumulation; Biomarkers; Chromium; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Digestive glands; Earth and Environmental Science; Endangered & extinct species; Endangered species; Environment; Environmental degradation; Environmental monitoring; Environmental quality; Exact sciences and technology; Flowers & plants; Gastropoda; Gills; Glutathione transferase; Heavy metals; Homeostasis; Hydrogeology; Lipids; Manganese; Marine; Metal concentrations; Metals; Oil spills; Oxidative stress; Patellidae; Pollutants; Pollution; Pollution levels; Reactive oxygen species; Soft tissues; Soil Science & Conservation; Statistical analysis; Studies; Superoxide; Superoxide dismutase; Tocopherols; Trace metals; Water quality; Water Quality/Water Pollution; β-Carotene; Strait of Gibraltar; MED, Spain, Andalucia, Cadiz, Algeciras Bay; MED, Gibraltar Strait; Subcellular stress; Strait of Gibraltar; Limpet; Trace metals; ROS; Trace element; Pollution; Fauna; Pollutant behavior; Macrofauna; Gastropoda; Invertebrata; Mollusca; Biological accumulation; Antioxidant; Heavy metal

The present study deals with the effect of trace metals on the endangered limpet Cymbula nigra . The Bay of Algeciras (Strait of Gibraltar) was used as the study site. Important industrial activity takes place in the area, including frequent oil spills. However, it is home to important populations o...