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FISH, FISHING AND FISHERIES
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USSELS NATOMY ABITAT
AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
LAUREN E. MCGEVIN
EDITOR
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Mussels : anatomy, habitat and environmental impact / editor, Lauren E.
McGevin.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61122-149-7 (eBook)
1. Mussels. 2. Mussels--Effect of water pollution on. 3. Indicators
(Biology) I. McGevin, Lauren E.
QL430.6.M876 2010
594'.4--dc22
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Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York
CONTENTS
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Inter-Site Differences and Seasonal Patterns
of Fatty Acid Profiles in Green-Lipped Mussels
Perna Viridis in A Subtropical Eutrophic Harbour
and Its Vicinity 1
S. G. Cheung and P. K. S. Shin
Chapter 2 Environmental Impact of Anthropogenic Activities:
The Use of Mussels as a Reliable Tool for Monitoring
Marine Pollution 43
Stefanos Dailianis
Chapter 3 The Experience of the Mussel Sector in Galicia:
The Natural, Institutional and Economic Environment 73
Gonzalo Caballero-Miguez, Manuel Varela-Lafuente
and Marcos Pérez-Pérez
Chapter 4 Translational Control of Gene Expression
in the Mussel Mytilus Galloprovincialis:
The Impact of Cellular Stress on Protein Synthesis,
the Ribosomal Stalk and the Protein Kinase CK2 Activity 97
S. Kouyanou-Koutsoukou, D. L. Kalpaxis, S. Pytharopoulou,
R. M. Kolaiti, A. Baier and R. Szyszka
Chapter 5 MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway: A Potential
Biomarker of Environmental Pollution
in the Mussel Mytilus Galloprovincialis 129
A. Châtel and B. Hamer
Chapter 6 Mussel Glue and Its Prospects in Biotechnology 145
Veronika Hahn and Annett Mikolasch
Chapter 7 Molecular Determinants in Mussels as Biomarkers
for Environmental Stress 173
Sutin Kingtong and Tavan Janvilisri
vi Contents
Chapter 8 Integrated Impact Assessment of Mussels Health 197
Jocelyne Hellou and François Gagné
Chapter 9 Ecotoxicological Genetic Studies on the Green-
Lipped Mussel Perna Viridis in Malaysia 221
C. K. Yap and S.G. Tan
Chapter 10 Environmental Impact to Mussels‘ Metabolism 245
Jordan T. Nechev
Chapter 11 Combining Stable Isotopes and Biochemical Markers
to Assess Organic Contamination in Transplanted
Mussels Mytilus Galloprovincialis 263
S. Deudero, A. Box, A. Sureda, J. Tintoré and S. Tejada
Chapter 12 Environmental Impact Assessment of Mussels
Caught in Mediterranean Sea, Italy 285
Monia Perugini and Pierina Visciano
Chapter 13 Competition for Space and Food Among Blue Mussels 303
Daisuke Kitazawa
Chapter 14 Production and Shelf Life of Mussel Meat
Powder Flavor 337
Vanessa Martins da Silva, Kil Jin Park
and Míriam Dupas Hubinger
Chapter 15 Life Cycle Assessment of Mussel Culture 357
Diego Iribarren María Teresa Moreira
and Gumersindo Feijoo
Chapter 16 Mussels as a Tool in Metal Pollution
Biomonitoring – Current Status and Perspectives 379
Joanna Przytarska and Adam Sokołowski
Chapter 17 Sclerochronology – Mussels as Bookkeepers
of Aquatic Environment 395
Samuli Helama
Chapter 18 Marine Biotoxins and Blue Mussel: One
of the Most Troublesome Species During
Harmful Algal Blooms 413
Paulo Vale
Chapter 19 Immunotoxicity of Environmental Chemicals
in the Pearl Forming Mussel of India- A Review 429
Sajal Ray, Mitali Ray, Sudipta Chakraborty
and Suman Mukherjee
Contents vii
Chapter 20 Anticoagulant and Carbohydrate Induced
Interference of Aggregation of Mussel Haemocyte
Under Azadirachtin Exposure 441
Suman Mukherjee, Mitali Ray and Sajal Ray
Chapter 21 The Origin of Populations of Dreissena Polymorpha
Near the North-Eastern Boundary of Its Distribution Area 453
I. S. Voroshilova, V. S. Artamonova and V. N. Yakovlev
Chapter 22 Unionidae Freshwater Mussel Anatomy 469
Diana Badiu, Rafael Luque and Ovidiu Teren
Chapter 23 The Cytogenetics of Mytilus Mussels 485
Andrés Martínez-Lage and Ana M. González-Tizón
Chapter 24 A New Approach in Biomonitoring Freshwater
Ecosystems Based on the Genetic Status
of the Bioindicator Dreissena Polymorpha 495
Godila Thomas, Göran I. V. Klobučar, Alfred Seitz
and Eva Maria Griebeler
Chapter 25 Mussels: Their Common Enemies and Adaptive Defenses 503
Devapriya Chattopadhyay
Index 521
PREFACE
The common name mussel is used for members of several families of clams or bivalvia
mollusca, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell
whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which are
often more or less rounded or oval. This book presents current research in the study of
mussels and their anatomy, habitat and their environmental impact. Some of the topics
discussed herein include the use of mussels as a reliable tool for monitoring marine pollution;
mussel glue and its use in biotechnology; environmental impact to mussels' metabolism; the
competition for space and food among Blue Mussels; the life cycle assessment of mussel
culture; Unionidae freshwater mussel anatomy; and the cytogenics of Mytilus mussels.
Chapter 1 - Fatty acid profiles of total particulate matters (TPMs) in water and green-
lipped mussels Perna viridis were studied for one year in the eutrophic Victoria Harbour,
Hong Kong and its vicinity. Bimonthly sampling of TPMs and P. viridis were conducted at
four sites inside the harbour, namely Tsim Sha Tsui (TST), North Point (NP), Kwun Tong
(KT) and Central (C) and two references sites outside of the harbour, namely Peng Chau (PC)
and Tung Lung Chau (TLC).
Levels of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) 16:0 and 18:0 in TPMs, signatures of marine
detritus, bacteria and nano-zooplankton, were higher at reference sites than at harbour sites. In
contrast, levels of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) 18:1n9 and 18:1n7 and
polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) 18:2n6 were higher in Victoria Harbour than at reference
sites. These suggested that the waters in Victoria Harbour contained relatively high amounts
of marine fungi and bacteria, reflecting the poor water quality within the harbour proper. The
gonad and soma of mussels from the six sites exhibited similar inter-site differences and
seasonal changes in fatty acid profiles. The fatty acid profiles of mussels were affected by
their diets, which, in turn, depended on the composition of TPMs in the water column. For
inter-site differences, levels of SFAs 16:0 and 18:0, which are indicative of presence of
marine detritus, were significantly higher at TLC and PC than C, TST and NP, whereas
amounts of MUFAs 18:1n9, 20:1n9 and PUFA 18:2n6, which are indicative of presence of
zooplankton and marine fungi, were higher at the harbour sites than the reference sites. For
seasonal changes, levels of SFAs 14:0, 16:0 and 18:0 were generally higher in summer than
winter whereas levels of MUFA 18:1n9 and PUFA 18:2n6 were higher in winter than
summer. The fatty acid profiles of TPMs in the water samples were positively correlated with
those of gonad and soma of mussels. This further reflected that the fatty acid profiles of
mussels were affected by their food sources. Temperature and chlorophyll a in the water
