Effects of Microplastics and Metal Pollution on Bivalves from the Bulgarian Black Sea Sublittoral, with Comments on their Adaptive Capacity *
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Pramatarov, Georgi I.
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “ St. Kliment Ohridski ”, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Tsvetanova, Elina R.
Laboratory of Free Radical Processes, Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ilinkin, Vladimir M.
National Society “ Ecological Engineering and Environmental Protection ”, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Andreeva, Madlena N.
Laboratory of Free Radical Processes, Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Alexandrova, Albena V.
Laboratory of Free Radical Processes, Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Chipev, Nesho H.
Laboratory of Free Radical Processes, Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Acta Zoologica Bulgarica
2025
2025-01-15
77
1
107
119
https://doi.org/10.71424/azb77.1.002837
journal article
10.71424/azb77.1.002837
2603-3798
16652200
Table 3. Spearman Correlation Coefficients of the interdependence between total microplastic particles in the studied bivalve species and stress indicators (* - significant at p<0.05) | M. arenaria | M. galloprovincialis | C. glaucum | D. trunculus |
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| MPs/ind | MPs/ind | MPs/ind | MPs/ind |
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| LPO | -0.123 | -0.273 | 0.447 | 0.070 |
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| PO | -0.493 | 0.698 | 0.670 | 0.890* |
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| GSH | -0.925* | -0.212 | -0.223 | 0.710 |
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| SOD | 0.185 | 0.333 | -0.223 | -0.760 |
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| CAT | 0.586 | -0.576 | -0.892* | 0.340 |
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| GPx | 0.308 | -0.212 | 0.894* | -0.730 |
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| GR | 0.360 | 0.880* | -0.223 | -0.290 |
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| GST | -0.370 | -0.151 | 0.223 | 0.110 |
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| AChE | 0.655 | 0.162 | -0.223 | -0.770 |
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