Bioaccumulation and effects of parent and alkylated PAHs in an Arctic marine amphipod (Gammarus setosus) originating from pristine and historically contaminated sites in Svalbard. Implications for sensitivity and adaptation

• Main Author: Alonso, Marina Vázquez
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2016
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecotoxicology: 489; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økotoksikologi: 489; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; FSK-3910; Arctic; Svalbard; Thiisbukta
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9993

The objectives of the study were to assess the bioaccumulation and genotoxic effects of PAHs and their alkylated PAHs from marine diesel fuel and coal polluted sediments in two populations of Gammarus setosus. Testing whether the alkylated forms are bioaccumulating more than their parent compounds,...