Heavy metals and proteins interactions in marine benthic bivalves

Abstract

The pollution of the marine environment from human activities increased during the past decades, with serious consequences to ecosystems and humans. Heavy metals are major pollutants, some of which (e.g. Ni, Fe, Cu) in small concentrations assist in the organisms’ metabolism, while others do not (e.g. Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, etc.). Organisms have developed defense mechanisms to minimize the effects of toxic metals to them. A multiparametric study is very important in order to understand the toxicity mechanisms of heavy metals in each organism as well as the defense mechanisms organisms have developed in order to evaluate the ''health'' of ecosystems. This Thesis aims to study the effect of heavy metals in benthic organisms and particularly the development of their defense mechanisms. During its implementation, experiments were performed with different organisms (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Callista chione, Venus verrucosa) which were collected from their natural environment, cultivated in aquar ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/44178
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/44178
ND
44178
Alternative title
Αλληλεπίδραση βαρέων μετάλλων και πρωτεϊνών σε θαλάσσιους βενθικούς οργανισμούς
Author
Chalkiadaki, Olga (Father's name: Michail)
Date
2015
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Δασενάκης Εμμανουήλ
Βαλαβανίδης Αθανάσιος
Λυδάκης - Σημαντήρης Νικόλαος
Σκούλλος Μιχαήλ
Νικολέλης Δημήτριος
Ζέρη Χριστίνα
Κατσίβελα Ελευθερία
Discipline
Natural Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Other Natural Sciences
Keywords
Heavy metals; Biomarkers; Marine bivalves; Bioaccumulation
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
404 σ., im., tbls., fig., ch.
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