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Immune response of greenback flounder Rhombosolea tapirina after exposure to contaminanted marine sediment and diet

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posted on 2000-07-01, 00:00 authored by Julie MondonJulie Mondon, S Duda, B Nowak
Non-specific immune response of greenback flounder, Rhombosolea tapirina, exposed to contaminated marine sediments was examined. Reference sediments from Port Sorell and contaminated sediments from Deceitful Cove, Tasmania, Australia were investigated. Hatchery-
reared flounder were exposed to reference sediment, contaminated sediment or contaminated sediment and diet for 6 weeks. Phagocytic capacity and lysozyme response in flounder were examined on cessation of exposure trial. Significant differences were found in phagocytic
capacity and lysozyme response between treatments. Exposure to contaminated sediment, irrespective of diet or benthic disturbance elicited inhibition of phagocytic efficiency in flounder. Disturbance of contaminated sediment stimulated lysozyme activity. The immune
response in flounder indicates potential immunotoxicity of sediment from Deceitful Cove.

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Journal

Marine environmental research

Volume

50

Issue

1-5

Pagination

443 - 450

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

ISSN

0141-1136

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2000, Elsevier

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