Impaired osmoregulation in the shrimp Palaemon adspersus exposed to crude oil extract |
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| Authors: | Susanne Pihl Baden |
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| Institution: | Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, DK-3000 Helsingör, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Palaemon adspersus is a hyper- and hypo-osmoregulating shallow-water shrimp. For a maximum period of 34 days P. adspersus were exposed to 20, 70, 100 and 200 ppb WSF of North Sea crude oil. The osmotic concentration of the haemolymph was measured by freezing point depression once a week. The ability to maintain hyper-osmolality was significantly decreased (p<0.05) after one, two and three weeks exposure to 200, 70 and 100 ppb, respectively. No effect was observed in 20 ppb. After an accidental exposure of shrimps to 24 h acute oil pollution, they were placed in pure sea water. The ability to maintain hyper-osmolality was reduced one week after the accidental oil exposure, but was regained within three weeks. |
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