María V. Laitano, Clara Liebana, Ivana S. Friedman, Yamila E. Rodriguez
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Biomarkers measured included phenoloxidase (PO), alkaline phosphatase (AP), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and catalase (CAT) activities, as well as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs) levels. In general, individuals exposed to air showed exacerbated biomarker responses to pollution, even at the shortest emersion time (2 h). Conversely, limpets and mussels from RCT showed increased enzyme activity only after 4 h of emersion, suggesting greater resistance to emersion stress, likely due to a healthier environment. Additionally, air exposure enhanced TBARs levels in limpets (>190 % in MDP; >300 % in QQ) and mussels (>260 % in QQ) from contaminated harbor sites, while organisms from the reference site showed no such changes. Overall, the magnitude of differences between polluted and unpolluted sites was dependent on the timing of organism collection during emersion for most of the biomarkers/situations studied. Thus, our results highlight how air exposure time can confound biochemical responses to pollution, emphasizing the importance of considering emersion duration when assessing the physiological status of intertidal organisms in polluted ecosystems. These findings should be interpreted within the broader context of multiple environmental and biological factors that collectively shape pollution responses in intertidal communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18204,"journal":{"name":"Marine environmental research","volume":"212 ","pages":"Article 107532"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"The role of emersion time in modulating biomarker responses to pollution in intertidal mollusks\",\"authors\":\"María V. Laitano, Clara Liebana, Ivana S. Friedman, Yamila E. 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The role of emersion time in modulating biomarker responses to pollution in intertidal mollusks
The intertidal zone is a stressful environment where organisms must develop adaptive responses to each emersion cycle. Therefore, when studying the effects of pollution on intertidal organisms, this factor should be considered. However, the interactive effects of pollution and emersion time on invertebrates at the same intertidal level remain largely unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the influence of air exposure time on the immunological and antioxidative biomarkers of two intertidal mollusk species to pollution. Limpets (Siphonaria lessoni) and mussels (Brachidontes rodriguezii) were collected from two polluted harbor sites (QQ and MDP) and a reference site (RCT) at different emersion times: 0, 2, and 4 h. Biomarkers measured included phenoloxidase (PO), alkaline phosphatase (AP), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and catalase (CAT) activities, as well as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs) levels. In general, individuals exposed to air showed exacerbated biomarker responses to pollution, even at the shortest emersion time (2 h). Conversely, limpets and mussels from RCT showed increased enzyme activity only after 4 h of emersion, suggesting greater resistance to emersion stress, likely due to a healthier environment. Additionally, air exposure enhanced TBARs levels in limpets (>190 % in MDP; >300 % in QQ) and mussels (>260 % in QQ) from contaminated harbor sites, while organisms from the reference site showed no such changes. Overall, the magnitude of differences between polluted and unpolluted sites was dependent on the timing of organism collection during emersion for most of the biomarkers/situations studied. Thus, our results highlight how air exposure time can confound biochemical responses to pollution, emphasizing the importance of considering emersion duration when assessing the physiological status of intertidal organisms in polluted ecosystems. These findings should be interpreted within the broader context of multiple environmental and biological factors that collectively shape pollution responses in intertidal communities.
期刊介绍:
Marine Environmental Research publishes original research papers on chemical, physical, and biological interactions in the oceans and coastal waters. The journal serves as a forum for new information on biology, chemistry, and toxicology and syntheses that advance understanding of marine environmental processes.
Submission of multidisciplinary studies is encouraged. Studies that utilize experimental approaches to clarify the roles of anthropogenic and natural causes of changes in marine ecosystems are especially welcome, as are those studies that represent new developments of a theoretical or conceptual aspect of marine science. All papers published in this journal are reviewed by qualified peers prior to acceptance and publication. Examples of topics considered to be appropriate for the journal include, but are not limited to, the following:
– The extent, persistence, and consequences of change and the recovery from such change in natural marine systems
– The biochemical, physiological, and ecological consequences of contaminants to marine organisms and ecosystems
– The biogeochemistry of naturally occurring and anthropogenic substances
– Models that describe and predict the above processes
– Monitoring studies, to the extent that their results provide new information on functional processes
– Methodological papers describing improved quantitative techniques for the marine sciences.