Metal bioaccumulation and physiological condition of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) reared in two shellfish basins and a marina in Normandy (northwest France)

• Published in: Marine Pollution Bulletin
• Main Authors: Séguin, A., Caplat, C., Serpentini, A., Lebel, J.M., Menet-Nedelec, F., Costil, K.
• Other Authors: Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Laboratoire Environnement Ressources de Normandie (LERN), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Oxidative stress; Metallic contamination; Bioaccumulation; Physiological condition; Crassostrea gigas; France; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Pacific; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01299737; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01299737/document; https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01299737/file/Seguin_Metal.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.02.068

International audience A 5-month experiment combining a geochemical survey of metals with a bioaccumulation study in batches of Crassostrea gigas was conducted in two shellfish farming areas and a marina in Normandy (France). Various endpoints at different levels of biological organization were studied. ROCCH data showed differences in biota contamination between the two shellfish areas but the present study revealed only slight differences in metallic contamination and biomarkers. By contrast, significantly different values were recorded in the marina in comparison with the two other sites. Indeed, higher levels of Cd, Cu and Zn were measured in the oysters from the marina, and these oysters also showed a poorer physiological condition (e.g., condition index, histopathological alterations and neutral lipid content). For coastal monitoring, the multi-biomarker approach coupled with an assessment of metallic contamination in biota appeared to be suitable for discriminating spatial differences in environmental quality after only a few months of exposure.