Dataset of genotoxic and cytotoxic effects on the pygmy mussel, Xenostrobus securis, from the highly urbanised Sydney Estuary, Australia: Relationships with metal bioaccumulation.

ABSTRACT: This article contains a dataset of the genotoxic (DNA damage, via the micronucleus frequency test) and cytotoxic (lysosomal membrane stability (cellular integrity), via the neutral red retention test) effects on the pygmy mussel, Xenostrobus securis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from variably contaminated sites (primarily from cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn)) in the highly urbanized Sydney Estuary, south-eastern Australia. Data were collected 15 years apart (June 2004 and June 2019) to assess any change in (i) the "health" of mussels (based on the above two toxicity endpoints) and (ii) their metal contaminant status (measured as whole soft tissue concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn). Linear relationships between both toxicity endpoints and metal concentrations

SUBMITTER: Markich SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7152702 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature