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Provedor de dados: 	Institutional Archive of Ifreme (ArchiMer)	
País: 	France	
Título: 	Histopathological assessment of liver and gonad pathology in continental slope fish from the northeast Atlantic Ocean	
Autores: 	Feist, S. W.; Stentiford, G. D.; Kent, Maxxie; Ribeiro Santos, Ana; Lorance, Pascal.	
Data: 	2015-05	
Ano: 	2015	
Palavras-chave: 	Histopathology; Disease; Bay of Biscay; Neoplasia; Ovotestis; Deep-sea fish.	
Resumo: 	The deep-sea environment is a sink for a wide variety of contaminants including heavy metals and organic compounds of anthropogenic origin. Life history traits of many deep-water fish species including longevity and high trophic position may predispose them to contaminant exposure and subsequent induction of pathological changes, including tumour formation. The lack of evidence for this hypothesis prompted this investigation in order to provide data on the presence of pathological changes in the liver and gonads of several deep-water fish species. Fish were obtained from the north east region of the Bay of Biscay (north east Atlantic Ocean) by trawling at depths between 700 to 1400m. Liver and gonad samples were collected on board ship and fixed for histological processing and subsequent examination by light microscopy. Hepatocellular and nuclear pleomorphism and individual cases of ovotestis and foci of cellular alteration (FCA) were detected in black scabbard fish (Aphanopus carbo). Six cases of FCA were observed in orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) (n=50) together with a single case of hepatocellular adenoma. A wide variety of inflammatory and degenerative lesions were found in all species examined. Deep-water fish display a range of pathologies similar to those seen in shelf-sea species used for international monitoring programmes including biological effects of contaminants. This study has confirmed the utility of health screening in deep-water fish for detecting evidence of prior exposure to contaminants and has also gained evidence of pathology potentially associated with exposure to algal toxins.	
Tipo: 	Text	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00252/36370/34910.pdf

DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.02.004

https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00252/36370/	
Editor: 	Elsevier Sci Ltd	
Relação: 	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/227390/EU//DEEPFISHMAN	
Formato: 	application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Marine Environmental Research (0141-1136) (Elsevier Sci Ltd), 2015-05 , Vol. 106 , P. 42-50	
Fonte: 	2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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