TY  - JOUR
AU  - Aborgiba, Mustafa
AU  - Kostić, Jovana
AU  - Kolarević, Stoimir
AU  - Kračun-Kolarević, Margareta
AU  - Elbahi, Samia
AU  - Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena
AU  - Lenhardt, Mirjana
AU  - Paunović, Momir
AU  - Gačić, Zoran
AU  - Vuković-Gačić, Branka
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927144586&partnerID=tZOtx3y1
UR  - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969715004040
UR  - https://radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2909
AB  - Extreme hydrological events, such as water scarcity and flooding, can modify the effect of other stressors present in aquatic environment, which could result in the significant changes in the ecosystem functioning. Presence and interaction of various stressors (genotoxic pollutants) in the environment can influence the integrity of DNA molecules in aquatic organisms which can be negatively reflected on the individual, population and community levels. Therefore, in this study we have investigated the impact of flooding, in terms of genotoxicity, on organisms belonging to different trophic levels. The study was carried out on the site situated in the lower stretch of the Sava River which faced devastating effects of severe flooding in May 2014. The flooding occurred during our field experiment and this event provided a unique opportunity to assess its influence to the environment. The in situ effects of this specific situation were monitored by measuring physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of water, and by comparing the level of DNA damage in coelomocytes and haemocytes of freshwater worms Branchiura sowerbyi, haemocytes of freshwater mussels Unio tumidus and blood cells of freshwater fish Abramis bjoerkna/Abramis sapa, by means of the comet assay. Our study indicated that the flooding had a significant impact on water quality by decreasing the amount and discharge rate of urban wastewaters but simultaneously introducing contaminants from the nearby fly ash disposal field into river by runoff, which had diverse effects on the level of DNA damage in the studied organisms. This indicates that the assessment of genotoxic pollution in situ is strongly affected by the choice of the bioindicator organism.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Science of The Total Environment
T2  - Science of The Total Environment
T1  - Flooding modifies the genotoxic effects of pollution on a worm, a mussel and two fish species from the Sava River
VL  - 540
DO  - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.120
SP  - 358
EP  - 367
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Aborgiba, Mustafa and Kostić, Jovana and Kolarević, Stoimir and Kračun-Kolarević, Margareta and Elbahi, Samia and Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena and Lenhardt, Mirjana and Paunović, Momir and Gačić, Zoran and Vuković-Gačić, Branka",
year = "2016",
abstract = "Extreme hydrological events, such as water scarcity and flooding, can modify the effect of other stressors present in aquatic environment, which could result in the significant changes in the ecosystem functioning. Presence and interaction of various stressors (genotoxic pollutants) in the environment can influence the integrity of DNA molecules in aquatic organisms which can be negatively reflected on the individual, population and community levels. Therefore, in this study we have investigated the impact of flooding, in terms of genotoxicity, on organisms belonging to different trophic levels. The study was carried out on the site situated in the lower stretch of the Sava River which faced devastating effects of severe flooding in May 2014. The flooding occurred during our field experiment and this event provided a unique opportunity to assess its influence to the environment. The in situ effects of this specific situation were monitored by measuring physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of water, and by comparing the level of DNA damage in coelomocytes and haemocytes of freshwater worms Branchiura sowerbyi, haemocytes of freshwater mussels Unio tumidus and blood cells of freshwater fish Abramis bjoerkna/Abramis sapa, by means of the comet assay. Our study indicated that the flooding had a significant impact on water quality by decreasing the amount and discharge rate of urban wastewaters but simultaneously introducing contaminants from the nearby fly ash disposal field into river by runoff, which had diverse effects on the level of DNA damage in the studied organisms. This indicates that the assessment of genotoxic pollution in situ is strongly affected by the choice of the bioindicator organism.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Science of The Total Environment, Science of The Total Environment",
title = "Flooding modifies the genotoxic effects of pollution on a worm, a mussel and two fish species from the Sava River",
volume = "540",
doi = "10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.120",
pages = "358-367"
}

Aborgiba, M., Kostić, J., Kolarević, S., Kračun-Kolarević, M., Elbahi, S., Knežević-Vukčević, J., Lenhardt, M., Paunović, M., Gačić, Z.,& Vuković-Gačić, B.. (2016). Flooding modifies the genotoxic effects of pollution on a worm, a mussel and two fish species from the Sava River. in Science of The Total Environment
Elsevier., 540, 358-367.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.120

Aborgiba M, Kostić J, Kolarević S, Kračun-Kolarević M, Elbahi S, Knežević-Vukčević J, Lenhardt M, Paunović M, Gačić Z, Vuković-Gačić B. Flooding modifies the genotoxic effects of pollution on a worm, a mussel and two fish species from the Sava River. in Science of The Total Environment. 2016;540:358-367.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.120 .

Aborgiba, Mustafa, Kostić, Jovana, Kolarević, Stoimir, Kračun-Kolarević, Margareta, Elbahi, Samia, Knežević-Vukčević, Jelena, Lenhardt, Mirjana, Paunović, Momir, Gačić, Zoran, Vuković-Gačić, Branka, "Flooding modifies the genotoxic effects of pollution on a worm, a mussel and two fish species from the Sava River" in Science of The Total Environment, 540 (2016):358-367,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.120 . .