Cytogenetic damage in native Baltic Sea fish species: environmental risks associated with chemical munition dumping in the Gotland Basin of the Baltic Sea

• Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research
• Main Authors: Pažusienė, Janina, Valskienė, Roberta, Grygiel, Włodzimierz, Stankevičiūtė, Milda, Butrimavičienė, Laura, Baršienė, Janina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Lithuanian; English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Chemical weapons; Cod; Cytotoxicity; Flounder; Genotoxicity; Herring; Gotland Basin; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://gtc.oai.elaba.lt/documents/112731196.pdf; http://gtc.lvb.lt/GTC:ELABAPDB112731196&prefLang=en_US

This study represents the first attempt to assess genotoxicity and cytotoxicity effects in herring (Clupea harengus membras), flounder (Platichthys flesus), and cod (Gadus morhua callarias) caught at 47 study stations, located close to chemical munition dumpsites in the Gotland Basin, the Baltic Sea...