Assessment of water quality of Boka Kotorska Bay [Adriatic sea, Montenegro] based on the level of DNA damage in Mytilus galloprovincialis | Procena kvaliteta vode Bokokotorskog zaliva [Jadransko more, Crna Gora] na osnovu nivoa oštećenja molekula DNK kod Mytilus galloprovincialis
2012
Kolarević, S., Biološki fakultet, Beograd (Serbia) | Kračun, M., Institut za biološka istraživanja Siniša Stanković, Beograd (Serbia) | Mitrić, M., Institut za biologiju mora, Kotor (Montenegro) | Marković, S., Institut za biologiju mora, Kotor (Montenegro) | Sunjog, K., Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanja, Beograd (Serbia) | Knežević-Vukčević, J., Biološki fakultet, Beograd (Serbia) | Gačić, Z., Institut za multidisciplinarna istraživanja, Beograd (Serbia) | Vuković-Gačić, B., Biološki fakultet, Beograd (Serbia) | Kljajić, Z., Institut za biologiju mora, Kotor (Montenegro)
Mediterranean mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis, are recognized bioindicators used in investigation of genotoxic pollution in the areas under the impact of anthropogenic activities. In July and August 2011 specimens of M. galloprovincialis were collected from 5 sites of Boka Kotorska Bay, Montenegro. Level of DNA damage was measured in gills, haemolymph and digestive gland with alkaline comet assay. Significant increase in DNA damage was detected in tissues of mussels collected from polluted sites comparing with mussels collected from the clean reference site Dobrota. The highest response to pollution was found in gills and digestive gland cells.
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