TY - JOUR
TI - Metabolomics for in situ monitoring of attached Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus edulis: Effects of offshore wind farms on aquatic organisms
AU - Wang, K
AU - Gao, Z
AU - Ru, X
AU - Wang, X
AU - Yang, B
AU - Zhang, L
T2 - Marine Environmental Research
AB - While offshore wind power has support from countries around the world, studies show that offshore wind farms (OWFs) may affect marine organisms. Environmental metabolomics is a high-throughput method that provides a snapshot of an organism's metabolic state. To elucidate the effects of OWFs on aquatic organisms, we studied, in situ, Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus edulis attached within and outside of OWFs and their reef areas. Our results show that epinephrine, sulphaniline, and inosine 5′-monophosphate were significantly increased and L-carnitine was significantly reduced in both Crassostrea and Mytilus species from the OWFs. This may be related to immune response, oxidative stress, energy metabolism and osmotic pressure regulation of aquatic organisms. Our study shows that active selection of biological monitoring methods for risk assessment is necessary and that metabolomics of attached shellfish is useful in elucidating the metabolic pathways of aquatic organisms in OWFs.
DA - 2023/05//
PY - 2023
VL - 187
SP - 105944
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113623000727
DO - 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105944
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Habitat Change
KW - Noise
KW - Invertebrates
ER -