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A retrospective analysis of contamination and periphyton PICT patterns for the antifoulant irgarol 1051, around a small marina on the Swedish west coast.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2009 Feb; 58(2):230-7.MP

Abstract

Irgarol is a triazine photosystem II (PSII) inhibitor that has been used in Sweden as an antifouling ingredient since the 1990s. Early microcosm studies indicated that periphyton was sensitive to irgarol at concentrations regularly found in harbours and marinas. However, field studies of irgarol effects on the Swedish west coast in 1994, using the pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT) approach, failed to detect any effects of the toxicant in the field. A PICT study involves sampling of replicate communities in a gradient of contamination, and a comparison of their community tolerance levels, with an increase being an indication that sensitive species have been eliminated and replaced by more tolerant ones. Typically, short-term assays are used to quantify the community tolerance levels. Later PICT studies in the same area over a 10 year period demonstrate that irgarol tolerance levels have increased, although the contamination pattern has been stable. Our results support the hypothesis that that the PICT potential was low initially, due to a small differential sensitivity between the community members, and that a persistent selection pressure was required to favour and enrich irgarol-tolerant species or genotypes.

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Blanck H
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. hans.blanck@dpes.gu.se
Eriksson KM
No affiliation info available
Grönvall F
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Dahl B
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Guijarro KM
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Birgersson G
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Kylin H
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MeSH

Antifreeze ProteinsDrug ToleranceEnvironmental MonitoringEukaryotaInhibitory Concentration 50PhotosynthesisSeawaterSwedenTriazinesWater Pollutants, Chemical

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18996545

Citation

Blanck, Hans, et al. "A Retrospective Analysis of Contamination and Periphyton PICT Patterns for the Antifoulant Irgarol 1051, Around a Small Marina On the Swedish West Coast." Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 58, no. 2, 2009, pp. 230-7.
Blanck H, Eriksson KM, Grönvall F, et al. A retrospective analysis of contamination and periphyton PICT patterns for the antifoulant irgarol 1051, around a small marina on the Swedish west coast. Mar Pollut Bull. 2009;58(2):230-7.
Blanck, H., Eriksson, K. M., Grönvall, F., Dahl, B., Guijarro, K. M., Birgersson, G., & Kylin, H. (2009). A retrospective analysis of contamination and periphyton PICT patterns for the antifoulant irgarol 1051, around a small marina on the Swedish west coast. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 58(2), 230-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.09.021
Blanck H, et al. A Retrospective Analysis of Contamination and Periphyton PICT Patterns for the Antifoulant Irgarol 1051, Around a Small Marina On the Swedish West Coast. Mar Pollut Bull. 2009;58(2):230-7. PubMed PMID: 18996545.
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TY - JOUR T1 - A retrospective analysis of contamination and periphyton PICT patterns for the antifoulant irgarol 1051, around a small marina on the Swedish west coast. AU - Blanck,Hans, AU - Eriksson,Karl Martin, AU - Grönvall,Frederick, AU - Dahl,Björn, AU - Guijarro,Karell Martinez, AU - Birgersson,Göran, AU - Kylin,Henrik, Y1 - 2008/11/08/ PY - 2008/06/16/received PY - 2008/09/15/revised PY - 2008/09/20/accepted PY - 2008/11/11/pubmed PY - 2009/4/29/medline PY - 2008/11/11/entrez SP - 230 EP - 7 JF - Marine pollution bulletin JO - Mar Pollut Bull VL - 58 IS - 2 N2 - Irgarol is a triazine photosystem II (PSII) inhibitor that has been used in Sweden as an antifouling ingredient since the 1990s. Early microcosm studies indicated that periphyton was sensitive to irgarol at concentrations regularly found in harbours and marinas. However, field studies of irgarol effects on the Swedish west coast in 1994, using the pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT) approach, failed to detect any effects of the toxicant in the field. A PICT study involves sampling of replicate communities in a gradient of contamination, and a comparison of their community tolerance levels, with an increase being an indication that sensitive species have been eliminated and replaced by more tolerant ones. Typically, short-term assays are used to quantify the community tolerance levels. Later PICT studies in the same area over a 10 year period demonstrate that irgarol tolerance levels have increased, although the contamination pattern has been stable. Our results support the hypothesis that that the PICT potential was low initially, due to a small differential sensitivity between the community members, and that a persistent selection pressure was required to favour and enrich irgarol-tolerant species or genotypes. SN - 0025-326X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18996545/A_retrospective_analysis_of_contamination_and_periphyton_PICT_patterns_for_the_antifoulant_irgarol_1051_around_a_small_marina_on_the_Swedish_west_coast_ L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025-326X(08)00469-4 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -