Biomonitoring of Gulf of Patras, N. Peloponnesus, Greece. Application of a biomarker suite including evaluation of translation efficiency in Mytilus galloprovincialis cells.

Specimens of Mytilus galloprovincialis were placed in bow nets and immersed at 3-10 m depth in a clean coastal region (reference area), Itea, and two marine stations along Gulf of Patras, N. Peloponnesus, Greece. One site is near the estuaries of the Glafkos River, which are influenced by local industrial and urban sources (Station 1); the second site, Agios Vasilios, has no evident organic pollution but is enriched in metals, particularly zinc (Station 2).