Karina Bianco, Gisela Kristoff

Chilina gibbosa: sentinel species for water contamination?

Biomarkers of acute exposure to an organophosphate insecticide in the freshwater gastropod Chilina gibbosa

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Produktbeschreibung

Pesticides are used all around the world in agriculture, having a huge impact on non-target species. In Argentina, the most used pesticide is the organophosphate azinphos-methyl which is related to the inhibition of the acetylcholinesterase enzyme. Exposure to organophosphate insecticides is generally evaluated by the measuring of cholinesterase activity, but in recent years carboxylesterases have also been postulated as good biomarkers. Water contamination by pesicides used in agriculture is a world wide problem and as consequence of the considerable decrease in the diversity of mollusk noticed, several studies with invertebrates species have been started to be performed. Particularly, freshwater gastropods represent about 20% of the recorded mollusk extinctions. Chilina gibbosa is a gastropod found in freshwater habitats in some regions of Argentina, and an important item in the diet of some fishes, but till now there was not toxicological studies performed with contaminants onthese organisms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9783659642678
• ISBN-10: 3659642673
• Artikelnr.: 42017894

Autorenporträt

B.S. Karina Bianco has got her degree in Aquatic Biology. She has performed studies with invertebrates exposing them to different pesticides. Dra. Gisela Kristoff is a CONICET investigator and professor of the Biochemistry Department, UBA. She works with aquatic invertebrates from Argentina using pesticides at environmental concentrations.