Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Long-Term Changes in the Gonad Condition of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermediusfrom Alekseev Bight (Amurskii Bay) under Polluted Conditions

  • Published:
Russian Journal of Marine Biology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The gonad condition of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermediuscollected in August 1997 at two stations in Peter the Great Bay was examined. One of the stations was located in a polluted area (Alekseev Bight, Popov Island) and the other, in a relatively clean area (the Verkhovskii Islands). The results were compared with analogous data for 1984, 1985, and 1989. In 1997, the gonad condition of sea urchins inhabiting the two areas differed significantly. The mean value of the gonad index (GI) for sea urchins from Alekseev Bight was less than half and the maturity index was about twice that of sea urchins from the Verkhovskii Islands. The GI of sea urchins from Alekseev Bight decreased by a factor of 1.5 between 1984 and 1997. Pronounced histopathological changes were found in sea urchin gonads at this station: granular and hydropic dystrophy of oocytes, resorption and a sharp decrease in the number of gametes (in about 20% of the sea urchins, hardly any gametes were found in the gonads), changes in the morphology of accessory cells (hypertrophy, atrophy, and necrosis), and accumulation of lipofuscin in the cytoplasm of accessory cells and oocytes, in the hemal sinuses and mesentery. The suppressed gonad condition of the sea urchin S. intermediusin Alekseev Bight may be a consequence of the unfavorable environmental situation that formed in the bight in the 1980s–1990s. The main negative factor is anthropogenic pollution of Amurskii Bay.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

REFERENCES

  1. Vaschenko, M.A., Zhadan, P.M., Kovaleva, A.L., and Chekmasova, N.M., Morphological and Morphometric Characterization of Sex Glands of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius under Anthropogenic Pollution, Ekologiya, 1992, no. 1, pp. 46-54.

  2. Vaschenko, M.A., Zhadan, P.M., Karaseva, E.M., and Luk'yanova, O.N., Disturbance of the Reproductive Function of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius in Polluted Areas of Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan, Biol. Morya, 1993, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 57-66.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Vaschenko, M.A., Zhadan, P.M., and Medvedeva, L.A., Disturbance of Larval Development in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius from Polluted Areas of Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan, Biol. Morya, 1994, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 137-147.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Vaschenko, M.A., Luchsheva, L.N., Zhadan, P.M., et al. Evaluation of the Ecological Situation in Alekseev Bight (Peter the Great Bay) by Biological and Biogeochemical Indices, Biol. Morya, 1999, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 96-97.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Gnezdilova, S.M., Morphological and Cytochemical Characterization of Oogenesis and Sex Cycles in Sea Urchins Strongylocentrotus nudus and S. intermedius, Abstract of Cand. Sci. (Biol.) Dissertation, Vladivostok: Institute of Marine Biology, 1971.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Ermakova, O.O., Distribution and Dynamics of the Copepod Paracalanus parvus in Amurskii Bay, the Sea of Japan, Biol. Morya, 1994, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 252-259.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Levin, V.S., Naidenko, V.P., and Turkina, N.A., Feeding Rate of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius under Experimental Conditions, Issledovaniya iglokozhikh dal'nevostochnykh morei (Investigations of Echinoderms of Far Eastern Seas), Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 1987, pp. 56-82.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Luchsheva, L.N., Content of Mercury in Components of the Ecosystem of Alekseev Bight (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan), Biol. Morya, 1995, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 412-415.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Maslennikov, S.I., Korn, O.M., Kashin, I.A., and Martynchenko, Yu.N., Long-Term Variations in the Abundance of Bottom Invertebrate Larvae in Alekseev Bight (Popov Island, Sea of Japan), Biol. Morya, 1994, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 107-114.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Podorvanova, N.F., Ivashinnikova, T.S., Petrenko, V.S., and Khomichuk, L.S., Osnovnye cherty gidrokhimii zaliva Petra Velikogo (Yaponskoe more) (Main Hydrochemical Features of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan), Vladivostok: Dalnev. Otd. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1989.

    Google Scholar 

  11. Sukhin, I.Yu., Feeding of Sea Urchins Strongylocentrotus intermedius and S. nudus in the Area between Putyatin Island and Cape Ostrovnoi, Tezisy dokladov regional'noi konferentsii po aktual'nym problemam biologii i ekologii (Abstracts of Papers, Regional Con-ference on Topical Problems of Biology and Ecology), Vladivostok: Far East State Univ., 1988, pp. 128-129.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Khristoforova, N.K., Shulkin, V.M., Kavun, V.Ya., and Chernova, E.M., Tyazhelye metally v promyslovykh i kul'tiviruemykh mollyuskakh zaliva Petra Velikogo (Heavy Metals in Fished and Cultivated Mollusks of Peter the Great Bay), Vladivostok: Dal'nauka, 1993.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Chernova, E.N., Kavun, V.Ya., and Khristoforova, N.K., Assessment of Chemical and Ecological Conditions in Mollusk Growing Areas Using Trace Element Composition of the Mussel Mytilus edulis, Biol. Morya, 1988, no. 4, pp. 71-74.

  14. Kyle, M.E. and Farber, J.L., Biochemical Mechanisms of Toxic Cell Injury, Handbook of Toxicologic Pathology, New York: Academic, 1991, pp. 71-89.

    Google Scholar 

  15. Tkalin, A.V., Belan, T.A., and Shapovalov, E.N., The State of the Marine Environment near Vladivostok, Russia, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 1933, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 418-422.

    Google Scholar 

  16. Tkalin, A.V., Lishavskaya, T.S., and Shulkin, V.M., Radionuclides and Trace Metals in Mussels and Bottom Sediments around Vladivostok, Russia, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 1998, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 551-554.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Tkalin, A.V., Presley, B.J., and Booth, P.N., Spatial and Temporal Variations of Trace Metals in Bottom Sediments of Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan, Environ. Pollut., 1996, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 73-78.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Vaschenko, M.A., Syasina, I.G., Zhadan, P.M., and Medvedeva, L.A., Reproductive Function State of the Scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis Jay from Polluted Areas of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan, Hydrobiologia, 1997, vol. 352, pp. 231-240.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia

    M. A. Vashchenko

  2. Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690041, Russia

    P. M. Zhadan & E. V. Latypova

Authors
  1. M. A. Vashchenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. M. Zhadan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. E. V. Latypova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Vashchenko, M.A., Zhadan, P.M. & Latypova, E.V. Long-Term Changes in the Gonad Condition of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus intermediusfrom Alekseev Bight (Amurskii Bay) under Polluted Conditions. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 27, 49–53 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018837923946

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018837923946

Search

Navigation