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UV sterilization of estuarine seawater increased dissolved oxylipins linked to larval digestive abnormalities in commercial oyster hatchery production, with higher oxylipin levels in 2020.
- Why it matters: Hatchery larval abnormalities were linked to a common UV technique, but the chemical basis was unclear despite oxylipins being associated with zooplankton mortality.
- What they did: The team used lipidomics to track dissolved organic compounds in UV-treated seawater across 2020 and 2021, then tested larvae by exposing them to exogenous oxylipins.
- The result: UV treatments produced oxylipins associated with cyanobacteria, fungi, and macroalgae in 2020 and more diatom-associated oxylipins in 2021, and exogenous compounds reproduced the same digestive syndrome as UV-produced mixtures.
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