Induction of reactive oxygen species in marine phytoplankton under crude oil exposure

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 22; no. 23; pp. 18874 - 18884
• Main Authors: Ozhan, Koray, Zahraeifard, Sara, Smith, Aaron P, Bargu, Sibel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algae; Antioxidants; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Cell cycle; cell growth; chlorophyll; Chlorophyll - analogs & derivatives; Chlorophyll - metabolism; Crude oil; Diatoms - drug effects; Diatoms - growth & development; Diatoms - metabolism; Dinoflagellida - drug effects; Dinoflagellida - growth & development; Dinoflagellida - metabolism; Dinophyceae; Ditylum; DNA; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Enzymes; Exposure; food webs; Gene expression; genes; glutathione; Glutathione - metabolism; Hydrocarbons; Indicator organisms; Investigations; Laboratories; Lipid peroxidation; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Lipids; Louisiana; microalgae; Nucleic acids; Oceanography; Oil spills; Oxidative stress; Peroxidation; petroleum; Petroleum - metabolism; Petroleum - toxicity; Physiological responses; Physiology; Phytoplankton; Phytoplankton - drug effects; Phytoplankton - growth & development; Phytoplankton - metabolism; Plankton; Population growth; proteins; reactive oxygen species; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Research Article; stress response; Studies; superoxide dismutase; Superoxide Dismutase - metabolism; Toxicity; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Water pollution; Water Pollution Control; Louisiana; United States > US; Phytoplankton; The deepwater horizon oil spill; Reactive oxygen species; Crude oil

Exposure of phytoplankton to the water-accommodated fraction of crude oil can elicit a number of stress responses, but the mechanisms that drive these responses are unclear. South Louisiana crude oil was selected to investigate its effects on population growth, chlorophyll a (Chl a) content, antioxi...