Shotgun proteomics in blue mussels exposed to benthic trawler-induced sediment resuspension from a polluted fjord

Commercial bottom trawling in fishery industry is estimated to affect around 15 million km2 of the world’s seafloor every year (Bradshaw et al., 2012). However, few studies have investigated whether this disturbance remobilises sediment-associated contaminants (Allan et al., 2012) and, if so, whether these are bioavailable to aquatic organisms (Bradshaw et al., 2012).