Corbicula

Species names Bg, Barbus graelsii Cc, Cyprinus carpio Cf, Corbicula fluminea Dm, Daphnia magna Dp, Dreissena polymorpha Pc, Procambarus clarkii... 

Fig. 6 Biomonitoring of pollution in the Ebro Delta with Daphnia magna and Corbicula fluminea. (a) Map of sampling sites. Site 1 is out of the figure limits, close to Amposta (see Fig. 1). (b) Assays for neurotoxic activity (ChE and CbE) and D. magna feeding). Note the different pattern for the microcrustacean (sensitive to insecticides), which show a maximal toxic (inhibitory) effect in May and June, and the mollusk (relatively resistant), (c) Oxidative stress markers. These markers showed a similar response for both species with maximal effects (activation) in May (month 5) and August (month 8). Data from [43] and [44], Dm and Cf identify markers from D. magna and C. fluminea, respectively...

Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea <20 Residues were 169 mg/kg DW soft parts after feeding on periphyton containing 393-1327 mg/kg DW for 30 days 11... 

Belanger, S.E., J.L. Farris, D.S. Cherry, and J. Cairns, Jr. 1986. Growth of Asiatic clams (Corbicula sp.) during and after long-term zinc exposure in field-located and laboratory artificial streams. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 15 427-434. 

Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea, Iraq, 1986, soft parts ... 

MARINE MOLLUSCS Bivalves, California, 1984-1986, soft parts Clam, Corbicula sp. 5.4-11.5 DW 34... 

Tran, D., Boudou, A. and Massabuau, J. C. (2001). How water oxygenation level influence [.sic.] cadmium accumulation pattern in the Asiatic clam Corbicula fluminea a laboratory and field study, Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 20, 2073-2080. 

Figure 8.4 Comparison of PAHs detected by GC-PID in SPMDs and clams Corbicula fuminea) deployed in the Trinity River, Dallas,Texas, USA. Reprinted from Moring and Rose (1997), copyright (1997) reproduced with permission from Elsevier.

Heptachlor and heptachlor epoxide have been detected in several aquatic species. Heptachlor was measured in shrimp collected from the Calcasieu River/Lake Complex in Louisiana at concentrations ranging from 10 to 750 ppb (Murray and Beck 1990). A survey of organic compound concentrations in whole body tissues of the Asiatic clam Corbicula manilensis was conducted on the Apalachicola River in northwest Florida in 1979-1980 as part of the Apalachicola River Quality Assessment. Heptachlor epoxide was detected in the whole body tissue of the clam at concentrations ranging from <0.1 to 0.6 ppb, with a median concentration of 0.3 ppb (Elder and Mattraw 1984). 

Elder JF, Mattraw HC Jr. 1984. Accumulation of trace elements, pesticides, and polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments and the clam corbicula manilensis of the Apalachicola River, Florida. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 13 453-469. 

Hartley DM, Johnston JB. 1983. Use of the fresh water clam Corbicula manilensis as a monitor for organochlorine pesticides. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 31 33-40. 

Hartley, D.M. and Johnston, J.B. Use of the freshwater clam Corbicula manilensisas amomtot lot organochlorine pesticides. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 31(l) 33-40, 1983. 

Farris, J.L., S.E. Belanger, D.S. Cherry, and J. Caims, Jr. 1989. Cellulolytic activity as a novel approach to assess long-term zinc stress to Corbicula. Water Res. 23 1275-1283. 

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