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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn014
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Growth and biochemical responses of the offspring of mussels directly affected by the "Prestige" oil spill

Laura G. Peteiro, Ramón Filgueira, Uxío Labarta and María José Fernández-Reiriz

CSIC, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain

Correspondence to M. J. Fernández-Reiriz: tel: +34 986 231930; fax: +34 986 292762; e-mail: mjreiriz{at}iim.csic.es

Peteiro, L. G., Filgueira, R., Labarta, U., and Fernández-Reiriz, M. J. 2008. Growth and biochemical responses of the offspring of mussels directly affected by the "Prestige" oil spill. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65.

We investigated whether perturbations to growth and biochemistry, detected in Mytilus galloprovincialis mussel seed cultured after the "Prestige" oil spill (2003), were evident in its offspring (2004). Sublethal effects in the 2003 mussels or, alternatively, direct exposure to remobilization of fuel on the seabed, might have detrimental effects on mussel juveniles in 2004. However, the absence of differences in lipid composition and growth performance between mussel seed gathered from the area most affected by the spill (Pindo) and the reference population (Miranda) seems to indicate the absence of sublethal effects related to hydrocarbon exposure in the offspring of mussels directly exposed to the "Prestige" oil spill.

Keywords: growth performance, lipid composition, Mytilus galloprovincialis, mussel raft cultivation, "Prestige" oil spill, sublethal effects

Received 11 July 2007; accepted 16 January 2008.


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