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Biomarker Response in the Polychaete Nereis succinea as Early Signal for Heavy Metals Pollution in the Red Sea, Egypt
Rashad El Sayed Mohammed Said1*, AbdAllah Tharwat AbdAllah1, Mohsen Abdelhafez Mostafa1 and Nasser Abdellatif El-Shimy21Department of Zoology, Al Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Egypt
2Department of Zoology, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
- *Corresponding Author:
- Said REM
Department of Zoology, Al Azhar University, Egypt
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E-mail: banjawy@yahoo.com
Received date: April 06, 2017; Accepted date: September 04, 2017; Published date: September 11, 2017
Citation: Said REM, AbdAllah AT, Mostafa MA, El-Shimy NA (2017) Biomarker Response in the Polychaete Nereis succinea as Early Signal for Heavy Metals Pollution in the Red Sea, Egypt. J Ecol Toxicol 1:104.
Copyright: © 2017 Said REM, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The polychaete annelids (family nereidae) are abundant in intertidal zone. These animals have potential to accumulate and tolerate some toxic metals in their tissues. In the present study, the four heavy metals; Mn, Pb, Cd and Cu in the whole body of the polychaete worm Nereis succinea sampled from two areas were measured. The concentration of heavy metals determined for individuals inhabited both studied sites has confirmed the potential of the selected worm to accumulate heavy metals from ambient habitat. On the other hand, histopathological investigations have clarified that the granular deposition of heavy metals within tissues of N. succinea was related to the degree of heavy metals loads from site to another.
