Oxidative Damage and Antioxidants as Markers for the Selection of Emersion Hardening Treatments in Greenshell^TM Mussel Juveniles (Perna canaliculus).

ABSTRACT: Transport out of the water is one of the most challenging events for juvenile Perna canaliculus and can be a highly inefficient process, with many juveniles subsequently being lost following extended periods of emersion. Hardening techniques offer a possible method for reducing transport-related stress. In this study, different hardening treatments (short, long and intermittent sub-lethal emersion) were used to prepare ~1.2 mm P.canaliculus for transport (20 h) and subsequent reoxygenation stress during re-immersion (i.e., recovery). The oxidative stress responses, resettlement behaviour, respiration rates and survival of the mussels after transport and during recovery were all assessed. Short emersion (1 h) as a hardening treatment prior to transport did not cause major stre

SUBMITTER: Delorme NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10886077 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature