Enzyme activity and histochemical biomarkers of mussels and fish caught at two shipwrecks at the Belgian coast

Dumped warfare material like munitions, unexploded ordnances and sunken war ships carry a significant risk of chemical leakage, posing threats to marine wildlife. To assess the hazard potential of explosives on marine biota a multi-biomarker analysis was conducted using blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and fish (Trisopterus luscus) exposed at munition containing war-wrecks in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Chosen biomarkers were lysosomal membrane stability (LMS), lipofuscin (LIPF), neutral lipids (NL), glycogen (GLY) and the enzyme activity of catalase (CAT), glutathione-S transferase (GST) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Samples were taken in October 2019 and July 2020 by divers.

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Binder, Franziska Isabell, Marx, Ute, De Rijcke, Maarten, Van Haelst, Sven, Brenner, Matthias (2023). Dataset: Enzyme activity and histochemical biomarkers of mussels and fish caught at two shipwrecks at the Belgian coast. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962697

DOI retrieved: 2023

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Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-4.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962697
Author Binder, Franziska Isabell
Given Name Franziska Isabell
Family Name Binder
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Marx, Ute
De Rijcke, Maarten
Van Haelst, Sven
Brenner, Matthias
Source Creation 2023
Publication Year 2023
Subject Areas
Name: Chemistry

Name: Ecology

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Title: Biological effects of munition left on sunken war ships in the North Sea: A multi-biomarker study using caged blue mussels and fish caught at a WWII wreck site at the Belgian coast
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Authors: Binder Franziska Isabell , et al. , Maser Edmund , Bünning Tobias Hartwig , Brenner Matthias , Van Haelst Sven , De Rijcke Maarten , Müller P , Wichert Uwe , Strehse Jennifer Susanne .

Title: Warship wrecks and their munition cargos as a threat to the marine environment and humans: The V 1302 "JOHN MAHN" from World War II
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159324
Type: DOI
Relation: References
Year: 2023
Source: Science of the Total Environment
Authors: Binder Franziska Isabell , et al. , Maser Edmund , Bünning Tobias Hartwig , Brenner Matthias , Van Haelst Sven , De Rijcke Maarten , Müller P , Wichert Uwe , Strehse Jennifer Susanne .