DNA damage in dab (Limanda limanda) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) from European seas

• Published in: Marine Environmental Research
• Main Authors: Hylland, Ketil, Skei, Bjørn Borge, Brunborg, Gunnar, Lang, Thomas, Gubbins, Matthew J., Le Goff, Jérémie, Burgeot, Thierry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science 2017
• Subjects: Dogger Bank; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/64838; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-67373; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.01.001

Dab (Limanda limanda) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) were collected from coastal and offshore locations in the Baltic (dab only), North Sea (haddock from one location only) and Iceland. Blood was analysed for DNA strand breaks using the comet assay and liver samples for DNA adduct concentrat...