Effect of light and noise pollution on oxidative stress and proximate composition in Dreissena polymorpha

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of sound and light pollution on Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) by biomarker and nutritional composition. For this purpose, an experimental design was carried out in laboratory conditions where the model was exposed to live sound, light, and combined sound + light parameters for 30 min every hour over 96 h. Changes in the biomarkers superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activities, as well as glutathione (GSH) and thiobarbituric acid (TBARS) levels, were assessed in the model organism exposed to sound, light, and sound + light pollution. The changes in protein and fat amounts were determined. When the changes in biomarkers were examined statistically compared to the control, there was no significant decrease in SOD activity (p < 0.05), a significant increase in CAT activity in sound and sound+light, but a significant decrease in light (p < 0.05), no significant difference in GPx activity (p > 0.05). It was determined that there was a significant increase in GSH and TBARS levels in all three parameters. Significant changes were also observed in the proximate composition. As a result, exposure to sound, light and sound+light pollution caused an increase in oxidative damage and decreases in protein and lipid composition were detected.