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Response of the Mediterranean sponge Chondrosia reniformis Nardo to copper pollution
Cebrian, E.; Agell, G.; Martí, R.; Uriz, M.J. (2006). Response of the Mediterranean sponge Chondrosia reniformis Nardo to copper pollution. Environ. Pollut. 141(3): 452-458. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.08.070
In: Environmental Pollution. Elsevier: Barking. ISSN 0269-7491; e-ISSN 1873-6424, more
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Keywords
    Chondrosia reniformis Nardo, 1847 [WoRMS]; Porifera [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Copper pollution; Sponges; Heat-shock proteins; Clearance rates; Collagen

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  • Cebrian, E.
  • Agell, G.
  • Martí, R.
  • Uriz, M.J.

Abstract
    We examined the effects of exposure to copper pollution on the Atlanto-Mediterranean sponge Chondrosia reniformis. We transplanted sponges from an unpolluted control area to a harbour with a moderately high concentration of copper and measured several biological sponge variables. No effect of this habitat was detected on sponge growth, shape, heat-shock protein expression or metal accumulation. However, a decrease in the clearance rate, an increase in the collagen/cell rate (due to a decrease in the cellular components) and a lower survival rate after 4 months of the sponges transplanted to the harbour was observed. We suggest that copper may alter the sponge physiology, by reducing pumping capacity, which may ultimately lead to sponge death. Consequently, copper pollution exerts strong negative effects on this organism.

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  • CorMedNet- Distribution and demographic data of habitat-forming invertebrate species from Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages between 1882 and 2019., more

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