Manila clam Venerupis philippinarum as a
biomonitor to metal pollution
WU Huifeng;JI Chenglong;WANG Qing;LIU Xiaoli;ZHAO Jianmin;FENG Jianghua
【期刊名称】《中国海洋湖沼学报（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2013(031)001
【摘要】The Manila clam Venerupis philippinarum is a good biomonitor/bioindicator to marine metal pollution and is frequently used in aquatic toxicology.Two dominant pedigrees (white and zebra) of clam are distributed in the Bohai Sea； however,little attention has been paid to potential biological differences between these two pedigrees.In this study,we tested the sensitivity of both pedigrees to marine metal (cadmium and zinc) pollution biomonitoring and marine environmental toxicology.Results demonstrate significant biological differences in gills of white and zebra clams based on metabolic profiles and antioxidant enzyme activities.In addition,we found that hypotaurine,malonate and homarine
were
relatively
high
in
white
clam
gills,while
and
alanine,arginine,glutamate,succinate,4-aminobutyrate,taurine
betaine were high in zebra clam gills.Zebra clam gills were also more sensitive to a mixture of Cd and Zn,as shown by antioxidant enzyme activities and metabolic profiles,but white clam gills could accumulate more Zn.Therefore,we suggest that the white pedigree can be used as a biomonitor to marine Zn pollution,whereas the zebra pedigree can be
Manila clam Venerupis philippinarum as a biomonitor to metal pollution
