Joanna Potrykus

Publications (2)6.6 Total impact

• Article: The combined use of chemical and biochemical markers to assess water quality in two low-stream rivers (NE Spain).

  Denise Fernandes, Joanna Potrykus, Cinzia Morsiani, Demetrio Raldua, Ramón Lavado, Cinta Porte
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  ABSTRACT: Carps (Cyprinus carpio) and red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) were sampled from two lowstream Mediterranean rivers (Anoia and Cardener) receiving extensive urban and industrial waste water discharges. Tissue residues of selected pollutants (organochlorinated compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)) were determined in conjunction with different biochemical responses (cytochrome P450, phase II enzymes) with the aim of investigating whether resident organisms were responsive to changes in water quality. Biota inhabiting those rivers were highly exposed to complex mixtures of polychlorobiphenyls and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (up to 19 ng/g w.w.) and PAHs (up to 6097 ng/g of hydroxylated PAHs in bile), the highest residues being observed in carps from Cardener. This has a reflection on 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity; that in carps from Cardener ranged between 350 and 550 pmol/min/mg protein, whereas in carps from Anoia ranged between was 90 and 250 pmol/min/mg protein. The highest activity recorded was downstream of the sewage treatment plants in both rivers. Phase II enzymes were less sensitive to polutant exposure than EROD; nonetheless, both glutathione S-transferase and UDP-glucuronyl transferase were higher in carps from Cardener. The results support the usefulness of the combined use of chemical and biochemical responses to assess and diagnose pollution in highly stressed ecosystems.
  Environmental Research 11/2002; 90(2):169-78. · 3.40 Impact Factor
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  Article: Assessment of organotin pollution along the Polish coast (Baltic Sea) by using mussels and fish as sentinel organisms.

  Amaya Albalat, Joanna Potrykus, Janusz Pempkowiak, Cinta Porte
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  ABSTRACT: Levels of tributyltin (TBT) and its degradation products, mono- (MBT) and dibutyltin (DBT), as well as triphenyltin (TPT), were monitored in 10 stations along the Polish coast (Baltic Sea). Mussel-Mytilus edulis-and fish-Platichthys flesus-were used as sentinel organisms. The bioaccumulation patterns of butyltin and phenyltin compounds varied substantially. Butyltins were detected in mussel tissue from all the sampled stations. Among them, organisms from the Gulf of Gdansk showed the highest residues (68 ng/g w.w. as Sn) in conjunction with elevated TBT/DBT ratios, which suggest recent inputs of TBT in the area. Additionally, flatfish were sampled in the Gulf of Gdansk, and different tissues (liver, digestive tube and gills) were analyzed separately. TPT, although undetected in mussels, was always present in fish. The highest organotin concentration was observed in the liver (369 ng/g w.w. as Sn) of fish caught near Gdansk port. Relatively high concentrations were observed in digestive tube, which points out the ingestion of organotin contaminated food as an important uptake route of those compounds in P. flesus.
  Chemosphere 05/2002; 47(2):165-71. · 3.21 Impact Factor