The Effects of the 'Braer' Oil Spill, Shetland Isles, Scotland, on P4501A in Farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) and the Common Dab (Limanda limanda)

摘要

This paper describes the response of two fish species, the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and the common dab (Limanda limanda) to the oil spilled from the Braer tanker which grounded on the southern tip of Shetland, Scotland, on 5 January 1993. Both the immediate sublethal effects and the ling-term response to the oil- which accumulated in sediments around the Shetland Isles, Scotland, are exam- ined. The primary response measured was the induction of detoxification enzymes and the relationship of the levels or activities of these enzymes to the concentra- tion and distribution of aromatic hydrocarbons measured in sediments, water and fish.