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We applied an innovative technology, based on infrared light sensors, to point out the possible harmful effects of diesel oil and the oil slick dispersant Superdispersant-25 (SD-25) on the cardiac system of the Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis L.). Heart rate (Hr) measurements were conducted under laboratory conditions by noninvasive procedure for the registration and analysis of cardiac activity of molluscs and crustaceans. No response was observed of the Hr within a group of mussels in 2 h of exposure to 1 ml/l of diesel oil. However, a decrease of Hr in application of 10 µl/l of diesel oil dispersed by the same amount of SD-25 was recorded. Moreover, the very low concentration of SD-25, 2 µl/l and a hundred times higher one, caused a significant bradycardia which could be the evidence for high toxicity of this chemical. The resulting changes of the mussels Hr were reversible. The main advantages of the technique applied are data accuracy and real time information about changes of the environmental conditions.
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This chapter is part of the ongoing TEN ECOPORT project supported by the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, EU funded and part of the project Kotor (complex research of the ecosystem of the coastal sea of Montenegro), supported by the Ministry of Science, Montenegro. Also, authors are grateful to Prof. SV Kholodkevich from SRCES RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia, and EPA Montenegro for providing experimental equipment.
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Martinovic, R., Gacic, Z., Kljajic, Z. (2015). The Influence of Oil, Dispersed Oil and the Oil Dispersant SD-25, on the Heart Rate of the Mediterranean Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis L.). In: Stylios, C., Floqi, T., Marinski, J., Damiani, L. (eds) Sustainable Development of Sea-Corridors and Coastal Waters. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11385-2_2
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