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Effects of industrial pollution on the reproductive biology of Squalius laietanus (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) in a Mediterranean stream (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Soler, Patricia
Solé, Montserrat
Bañon Suñer, Raquel
García-Galea, Eduardo
Durfort, Mercè
Matamoros, Víctor
Bayona Termens, Josep María
Vinyoles, Dolors
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Matamoros, Víctor [0000-0001-9701-4908]
Bayona, Josep M. [0000-0001-5042-837X]
Endocrine disruption
Benzotriazole
Benzothiazoles
Female fecundity
Gonadal histology
Desynchronised spawning
Mediterranean rivers are severely affected by pollutants from industry, agriculture and urban activities. In this study, we examined how industrial pollutants, many of them known to act as endocrine disruptors (EDCs), could disturb the reproduction of the Catalan chub (Squalius laietanus). The survey was conducted throughout the reproductive period of S. laietanus (from March to July 2014) downstream an industrial WWTP located in the River Ripoll (NE Iberian Peninsula). Eighty fish (28 females and 52 males) were caught by electrofishing upstream and 77 fish (33 females and 44 males) downstream a WWTP. For both sexes, the gonadosomatic index (GSI) and gonadal histology were examined and related to water chemical analysis and fish biomarkers. Female fecundity was assessed using the gravimetric method. Fish from the polluted site showed enhanced biomarker responses involved in detoxification. Also, in the polluted site, lower GSI values were attained in both sexes and females displayed lower numbers of vitellogenic oocytes. Gonadal histology showed that all maturation stages of testicles and ovaries were present at the two study sites but fish males from the polluted site had smaller diameter seminiferous tubules. Water chemical analysis confirmed greater presence of EDCs in the river downstream the industrial WWTP. The chemicals benzotriazole and benzothiazole could be partially responsible for the observed alterations in the reproductive biology of S. laietanus.
2019-10-28T08:49:14Z
2019-10-28T08:49:14Z
2020
artículo
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 46: 247-264 (2020)
0920-1742
CEX2019-000928-S
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/193548
10.1007/s10695-019-00713-7
1573-5168
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033
eng
Postprint
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-019-00713-7
Sí
openAccess
Springer Nature