Cage exposure of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) for in situ assessment of pollution-related genotoxicity.

Genotoxic effects are often the earliest signs of pollution-related environmental disturbance. In this study, we used the comet assay and micronucleus test to assess DNA damage in the erythrocytes of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) exposed to environmental pollution in situ. Fish were collected from a fish farm in the Trogir Bay and their cages placed at an unpolluted reference site Solta (Necujam Bay) and a polluted site Vranjic (Kastela Bay) for four weeks.