Water toxicity and cyto-genotoxicity biomarkers in the fish Oreochromis niloticus (Cichlidae)

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  • R. Seriani
  • D. Abessa UNESP
  • A. A. Kirschbaum
  • C. D.S. Pereira
  • M. J.T. Ranzani-Paiva
  • A. Assunção
  • F. L. Silveira
  • P. Romano
  • J. L.N. Mucci

Abstract

Micronucleus (MN) and nuclear abnormalities (NA) tests were used as biomarkers in the fish Oreochromis niloticus from a polluted pond in winter, spring and summer. Samples of water column were taken aiming to evaluate physical-chemical parameters and acute toxicity to the microcrustacean Daphnia similis. The pond waters were toxic to D. similis in spring and winter, but this toxicity was not detected in summer. The pond waters presented low levels of dissolved oxygen in spring and summer; higher ammonia concentrations in winter, and high hardness and conductivity. Fish collected at the polluted pond exhibited higher rates of DNA damage, as indicated by increased rates of MN and NA in erythrocytes when compared to the negative control, which were associated to water toxicity and physical-chemical variable. Thus, this study shows that results of water toxicity tests and genotoxic biomarkers in fish may be associated and theses approaches may be used together for the water quality assessment.

Keywords: fish, cyto-genotoxicity, pollution, ecotoxicology, water quality.

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Seriani, R., Abessa, D., Kirschbaum, A. A., Pereira, C. D., Ranzani-Paiva, M. J., Assunção, A., Silveira, F. L., Romano, P., & Mucci, J. L. (2012). Water toxicity and cyto-genotoxicity biomarkers in the fish Oreochromis niloticus (Cichlidae). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 7(2). Retrieved from https://periodicos.univali.br/index.php/eec/article/view/4022

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