Impacts de perturbateurs environnementaux sur un organisme sentinelle des milieux côtiers anthropisés, la moule bleue Mytilus spp. : caractérisation génomique et écophysiologique de l'adaptation au stress

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In the current context of chronic chemical pollution and on-going climate change, coastal ecosystems, and in particular keystone filter-feeding bivalve populations inhabiting them, appear vulnerable. In this thesis, an approach coupling ecophysiology and functional genomics was used to study the molecular, cellular and physiological responses of wild blue mussel populations of the Bay of Brest to a moderate chronic chemical contamination, and to assess the ability of these populations to face a heat stress. Results indicate a moderate chronic chemical contamination induces adaptive responses in wild mussel populations from the Brest harbour area, which prevents severe physiological disturbances and sustain long-term population survival. These responses include an activation of cellular stress response [energetic metabolism and antioxidant defences) and xenobiotic elimination mechanisms. Furthermore, experimental heat stress exposure does not highlight a higher sensitivity to a temperat

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