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Copper oxide nano-particles are a group of aquatic pollutants. understanding toxicological adverse effects of this compound in aquatic organisms have high importance. The impacts of exposure to different concentrations of CuO nanoparticles in different levels of biological organisation (i.e., histological, physiological and organ) were studied in the gills of a freshwater mussel, Anodonta cygnea.
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Why is it important?
The results of our study showed that exposure to copper oxide nanoparticles at sub-lethal concentrations has adverse histological effects in the gills of the mussel in all concentrations. these impacts can be observable via light and scanning electron microscopy. The clearance activity of the mussel is adversely affected due to CuO nanoparticle exposure. High levels of this metallic nanoparticle are accumulated in the gills during exposures.
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I hope that the results and methodologies of our article as a multi-level ecotoxicological study can be used in future studies on the impacts of releasing nanoparticles in aquatic environments on different groups of aquatic organisms.
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This page is a summary of: Ecotoxicological impacts of exposure to copper oxide nanoparticles on the gill of the Swan mussel, Anodonta cygnea (Linnaeus, 1758), Molluscan Research, April 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2018.1441591.
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