Weak toxicity of chemical additives extracted from car tire rubber on the microbiome of Atlantic cod and Norway pout

Master's thesis

Year of publication: 2021
External websites: Nasjonalt vitenarkiv
Involved from NIVA: Tânia Cristina Gomes
Contributors: Sverre Hjelset, Alexander Eiler, Ketil Hylland, Tania Gomes Show all

Summary

We exposed the microbiome derived from two species of cod, from the outer and inner Oslo fjord to extracts derived from car tire rubber. To determine toxicity we look at growth rate and bacterial diversity as endpoints. We observed low effects overall, except for some significant changes to microbial diversity at some concentrations.