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Liu W, Semmouri I, Janssen CR, Asselman J. Temperature dependent sensitivity of the harpacticoid copepod Nitokra spinipes to marine algal toxins. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 366:143420. [PMID: 39349068 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2024] [Revised: 09/13/2024] [Accepted: 09/25/2024] [Indexed: 10/02/2024]
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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) - proliferated algae densities, often producing toxins - have increasingly been found in ocean and coastal areas. Recent studies show that rising temperatures contribute to HAB occurrence, but the broader influence of climate change on these outbreaks is less quantified. Of particular concern is the limited research on HAB toxin effects under varying temperatures, especially regarding primary consumers such as copepods, a crucial component of aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, we examined the impact of marine toxins on the harpacticoid copepod Nitokra spinipes, a model organism for marine ecotoxicology, in the context of climate change. We evaluated the toxicity of four purified, commonly occurring algal toxins, at three different temperatures in the laboratory. First, adult females were exposed to a concentration series of toxins at 15, 20, and 25 °C for 48 h. EC50 values of domoic acid ranged from 8.79 ± 1.93 μg L-1 to 25.97 ± 11.96 μg L-1. Nauplii, aged 48-72 h, were exposed at 18, 20 and 22 °C for the same duration. Less sensitive compared to adults, the EC50 of domoic acid in this case varied from 57.26 ± 6.82 μg L-1 to 97.24 ± 6.45 μg L-1. Both results indicated a temperature-dependent EC50. For the chronic toxicity tests, larval development ratio (LDR), brood size and inter-brood time of domoic acid (DA), yessotoxin (YTX), saxitoxin (STX), and microcystin-LR (MC-LR) were examined at 18, 20 and 22 °C. We observed that with increasing temperatures, LDR increased, whereas brood size significantly decreased as DA, YTX or STX concentrations rose. No interaction between temperature and algal toxins was found but a temperature dependent sensitivity of copepods towards DA, YTX and STX was revealed. Our research provides insights into the effects of long-term exposure to algal toxins on marine copepods and the potential impacts of climate warming.
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- Wenxin Liu
- Blue Growth Research Lab, Ghent University, Bluebridge, Wetenschapspark 1, 8400, Ostend, Belgium.
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- Blue Growth Research Lab, Ghent University, Bluebridge, Wetenschapspark 1, 8400, Ostend, Belgium
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- Blue Growth Research Lab, Ghent University, Bluebridge, Wetenschapspark 1, 8400, Ostend, Belgium
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- Blue Growth Research Lab, Ghent University, Bluebridge, Wetenschapspark 1, 8400, Ostend, Belgium
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de Freitas Santos da Silva AC, de Santana CO, Dos Santos Vergilio C, de Jesus TB. Distribution, toxicity and bioaccumulation of trace metals in environmental matrices of an estuary in a protected area. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2023; 191:114928. [PMID: 37146550 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Mangroves are productive ecosystems that are highly threatened by anthropogenic activities. We investigated the environmental quality of the Serinhaém river estuary located in a legally protected area. Through chemical analysis of sediments and tissues of Cardisoma guanhumi, in addition to bioassays with elutriate involving Nitokra sp. and Thalassiosira pseudonana, we determined the contamination status and risk factors related to trace metals in the estuary. For the sediment, the concentrations of Cr and Ni were above the limit established by CONAMA n° 454/2012 in the "City" site, and Cr above the TEL in all sampling sites. Ecotoxicological tests showed high toxicity in samples from "City" and "Tributary". The elements Cr, Mn, Ni and Zn were also higher in crabs from these sites. Cr levels exceeded the Brazilian limit for food consumption. The bioaccumulation factor was not significant. However, the overall analysis proved that this estuary is increasingly impacted by anthropogenic pressure.
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- Anna Carolina de Freitas Santos da Silva
- State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Modelagem em Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente (PPGM), Avenida Transnordestina, s/n - Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
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- State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução (PPGECOEVOL), Avenida Transnordestina, s/n - Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil
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- Federal University of Espirito Santo (UFES), Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e da Saúde, Alto Universitário, S/N, Guararema, 29.500-00 Alegre, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Modelagem em Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente (PPGM), Avenida Transnordestina, s/n - Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil.
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Das S, Ouddane B, Souissi S. Responses of the copepod Eurytemora affinis to trace metal exposure: A candidate for sentinel to marine sediment resuspension effects. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 181:113854. [PMID: 35772260 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Our study reports the ability of Eurytemora affinis to indicate certain responses in 96 h when exposed to resuspended sediment from a polluted site (PS, Seine estuary, France), less polluted site (LPS, Canche estuary, France) and dissolved trace metals. Mortality from dissolved trace metal was highest (57.5 %) followed by PS (38.59 %) > LPS (24.04 %). The exposure to PS sediment resulted in significantly lower no. of early larval stage (nauplii < 2), sex-ratio (39.24 % of males) and higher ovigerous female (>10). Eurytemora affinis bioaccumulated high concentrations of copper (27.3 mg/kg), nickel (12.8 mg/kg), lead (21.8 mg/kg) and arsenic (13.7 mg/kg) from PS exposure with significantly lower bioaccumulation of metals from LPS. The bioconcentration factor (BCF) was highest from dissolved toxicity (>2000) followed by PS that showed significantly higher BCF for Nickel and Copper, compared to LPS. The responses of E. affinis to different matrices exemplify its role as a sentinel.
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- Shagnika Das
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, IRD, UMR 8187-LOG - Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station marine de Wimereux, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8516-LASIRE - Equipe Physico-chimie de l'Environnement, Bâtiment C8, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ. Littoral Côte d'Opale, IRD, UMR 8187-LOG - Laboratoire d'Océanologie et de Géosciences, Station marine de Wimereux, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Freire Lima C, Amaral Dos Santos Pinto M, Brasil Choueri R, Buruaem Moreira L, Braga Castro Í. Occurrence, characterization, partition, and toxicity of cigarette butts in a highly urbanized coastal area. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 131:10-19. [PMID: 34091234 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cigarette butts (CBs) comprise one of the most relevant categories of marine litter worldwide. This study was structured as a case study simultaneously assessing (i) the occurrence of CBs in a highly urbanized coastal area, (ii) their partitioning in two environmental compartments (water column and sediments) by laboratory settling tests, and (iii) the toxicity produced by the CBs leachates (measured as copepod reproduction). Marine litter was sampled in beaches of the city of Santos (SW Brazil) and CBs were collected for analysis. The characterization showed that CBs were one of the most prevalent items (51.5% in summer and 34.4% in winter) and 22 cigarettes brands were identified at different stages of decomposition. Laboratory settling tests showed that CBs remain in the water column between 3 and 20 days, subsequently reaching the sediments. The toxicity results indicated that CBs the leachates extracted from a small amount of CBs was sufficient to affect copepod reproduction (0.1 and 0.01 CBs L-1). Furthermore, the approaches adopted by the present study can serve as a preliminary assessment to estimate local impacts resulting from inadequate disposal of cigarette butts in coastal areas around the world.
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Das S, Ouddane B, Hwang JS, Souissi S. Intergenerational effects of resuspended sediment and trace metal mixtures on life cycle traits of a pelagic copepod. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115460. [PMID: 32892010 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Multiple stressors like metal toxicity, organic compounds and sediment pollution from the Seine estuary are raising concern and novel toxicological approaches are needed to better assess and monitor the risk. In the present study, the copepod Eurytemora affinis from the Seine, was exposed to two different sources of contaminants, which were resuspended polluted sediments and a mixture of trace metals (dissolved phase). The exposure continued for four generations (F0, F1, F2, F3) where F0 is a generation for acclimation to the exposure condition and F3 is a generation for decontamination followed without any exposure, to detect possible maternal carryover effects of pollutants (F0 - F2) and the role of recovery (in F3). Higher accumulation of metals resulted in higher mortalities at both exposure conditions, with particularly F1 being the most sensitive generation showing highest bioaccumulation of metals, highest mortality, and smallest population size. Copper accumulation was highest of all metals in mixture from both the resuspended sediment and the combined trace metal treatment. A significantly lower naupliar production was seen in copepods exposed to resuspended sediment compared to trace metal exposed copepods. However, the decontamination phase (F3) indicated that E. affinis pre-exposed to resuspended sediment had a higher ability to recover the total population size, increase naupliar production, and depurate accumulated Cu. The population exposed to a trace metal mixture showed lower recovery and lower ability to discharge accumulated toxic metals indicating its greater effect on our experimental model when compared to resuspended sediment.
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- Shagnika Das
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ, Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG - Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F- 59000, Lille, France; Université de Lille, LASIRE (UMR CNRS 8516), Equipe Physico-chimie de L'Environnement, Bâtiment C8, 59655, Villeneuve D'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, LASIRE (UMR CNRS 8516), Equipe Physico-chimie de L'Environnement, Bâtiment C8, 59655, Villeneuve D'Ascq Cedex, France
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- Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan; Center of Excellence for Ocean Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan; Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, 20224, Taiwan
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, Univ, Littoral Côte D'Opale, UMR 8187, LOG - Laboratoire D'Océanologie et de Géosciences, F- 59000, Lille, France.
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Simpson SL, Spadaro DA, Batley GE, Irvine IA, Synnot RN. Remediation criteria for gasworks-impacted sediments: Assessing the effects of legacy hydrocarbons and more recent metal contamination. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 737:139725. [PMID: 32783822 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Historical contamination of sediments from industries that commenced before environmental regulations were commonplace is prevalent in many large cities. This contamination is frequently overlain and mixed with more recent urban contamination. The remediation of contaminated sites is often a very expensive exercise and the final remediation criteria often reflect a trade-off between protecting human and ecological health and the finances of those deemed responsible for the site clean-up. In this study, we describe an assessment of estuarine sediments impacted historically by contamination from a gasworks site. The major historical sediment contaminants included polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other petroleum-related hydrocarbons (TRHs). Elevated concentrations of metals exist throughout the city region due to historical pollution and ongoing urban stormwater discharges. Equilibrium partitioning models were used to consider the influence on the bioavailability of PAHs of both natural sedimentary organic carbon and forms of black carbon (pyrogenic carbon - coal tars, charcoal). The strongest predictor of the observed sublethal toxicity to amphipod and copepod reproduction was a combination of total PAHs and metals (primarily Cu, Pb and Zn). Total PAHs was the strongest predicting variable for toxicity to organism survival. While high total PAH concentrations were attributed to the former gas works, high background concentrations of metals existed throughout much of this region of the estuary. Thus, without remediation at the estuary-scale, resuspension of the surrounding sediments by tidal currents and boat movements is predicted to re-contaminate remediated areas with sediments that may continue to cause chronic toxicity due to metals. The assessment indicated that remedial actions that remove or isolate sediments that caused toxicity to benthic organism survival would lead to significant improvements in ecosystem health, but toxicity to organism reproduction may remain at similar levels that exist throughout much of this region of the estuary due to high metal concentrations.
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- Stuart L Simpson
- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia.
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- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Pollution Research Pty Ltd., 50 Darley Rd, North Dorrigo, NSW 2453, Australia
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- Synnot and Wilkinson Pty Ltd., 172 Coach Rd, Strathbogie, VIC 3666, Australia
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Régis CG, Souza-Santos LP, Yogui GT, Moraes AS, Schettini CAF. Use of Tisbe biminiensis nauplii in ecotoxicological tests and geochemical analyses to assess the sediment quality of a tropical urban estuary in northeastern Brazil. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 137:45-55. [PMID: 30503455 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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An approach pooling geochemical analyses and ecotoxicological tests has been applied to assess the sediment quality of the Capibaribe River Estuary, Brazil. Toxicity tests were performed to compare a well-established, labor-intensive protocol using ovigerous females to a new, easier and faster protocol using nauplii of the epibenthic marine copepod Tisbe biminiensis. The endpoints of the nauplii toxicity test were comparable to those of the female test. Nauplii proved to be more sensitive than females as a biological model for indicating sediment toxicity. All sediments collected had at least one contaminant above the threshold effects level (TEL) proposed in the literature. Furthermore, more than one-third of samples exhibited contaminants above the probable effects level (PEL). The PCA revealed that nauplii mortality was associated with metals in October 2014, which was confirmed by the Spearman correlation factor. In contrast, no strong association among contaminants and toxicological endpoints in May 2015 was found.
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- Cíntia Glasner Régis
- Laboratório de Cultivo e Ecotoxicologia, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco 50740-550, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Cultivo e Ecotoxicologia, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco 50740-550, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Compostos Orgânicos em Ecossistemas Costeiros e Marinhos, Departamento de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, 50740-550 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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- Unidade Acadêmica Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rodovia Br-101 Sul 5225, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco 54510-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Hidrodinâmica Costeira, Departamento de Oceanografi, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Arquitetura, s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-550, Brazil
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Buttino I, Vitiello V, Macchia S, Scuderi A, Pellegrini D. Larval development ratio test with the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa as a new bioassay to assess marine sediment quality. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 149:1-9. [PMID: 29145160 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The copepod Acartia tonsa was used as a model species to assess marine sediment quality. Acute and chronic bioassays, such as larval development ratio (LDR) and different end-points were evaluated. As a pelagic species, A. tonsa is mainly exposed to water-soluble toxicants and bioassays are commonly performed in seawater. However, an interaction among A. tonsa eggs and the first larval stages with marine sediments might occur in shallow water environments. Here we tested two different LDR protocols by incubating A. tonsa eggs in elutriates and sediments coming from two areas located in Tuscany Region (Central Italy): Livorno harbour and Viareggio coast. The end-points analyzed were larval mortality (LM) and development inhibition (DI) expressed as the percentage of copepods that completed the metamorphosis from nauplius to copepodite. Aims of this study were: i) to verify the suitability of A. tonsa copepod for the bioassay with sediment and ii) to compare the sensitivity of A. tonsa exposed to different matrices, such as water and sediment. A preliminary acute test was also performed. Acute tests showed the highest toxicity of Livorno's samples (two out of three) compared to Viareggio samples, for which no effect was observed. On the contrary, LDR tests with sediments and elutriates revealed some toxic effects also for Viareggio's samples. Results were discussed with regards to the chemical characterization of the samples. Our results indicated that different end-points were affected in A. tonsa, depending on the matrices to which the copepods were exposed and on the test used. Bioassays with elutriates and sediments are suggested and LDR test could help decision-makers to identify a more appropriate management of dredging materials.
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Korsman JC, Schipper AM, De Hoop L, Mialet B, Maris T, Tackx MLM, Hendriks AJ. Modeling the impacts of multiple environmental stress factors on estuarine copepod populations. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:5709-5717. [PMID: 24758200 DOI: 10.1021/es5004439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Many studies have focused on natural stress factors that shape the spatial and temporal distribution of calanoid copepods, but bioassays have shown that copepods are also sensitive to a broad range of contaminants. Although both anthropogenic and natural stress factors are obviously at play in natural copepod communities, most studies consider only one or the other. In the present investigation, we modeled the combined impact of both anthropogenic and natural stress factors on copepod populations. The model was applied to estimate Eurytemora affinis densities in the contaminated Scheldt estuary and the relatively uncontaminated Darß-Zingst estuary in relation to temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, and sediment concentrations of cadmium, copper, and zinc. The results indicated that temperature was largely responsible for seasonal fluctuations of E. affinis densities. Our model results further suggested that exposure to zinc and copper was largely responsible for the reduced population densities in the contaminated estuary. The model provides a consistent framework for integrating and quantifying the impacts of multiple anthropogenic and natural stress factors on copepod populations. It facilitates the extrapolation of laboratory experiments to ecologically relevant end points pertaining to population viability.
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- John C Korsman
- Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Department of Environmental Science, Radboud University Nijmegen , Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Hook SE, Osborn HL, Golding LA, Spadaro DA, Simpson SL. Dissolved and particulate copper exposure induces differing gene expression profiles and mechanisms of toxicity in the deposit feeding amphipod Melita plumulosa. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2014; 48:3504-3512. [PMID: 24552435 DOI: 10.1021/es405322s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Uptake of metals via ingestion is an important route of exposure for many invertebrates, and it has been suggested that the toxic response to metals accumulated via food differs from that of metals accumulated via the dissolved phase. To test this hypothesis, the deposit-feeding epibenthic amphipod Melita plumulosa was exposed to nontoxic or reproductively toxic concentrations of copper via the overlying water, via ingestion of sediment, or via a combination of the two. Rates of copper uptake from the two exposure routes were predicted using a biokinetic model. Gene expression profiles were measured via microarray analysis and confirmed via quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Differences in expression profiles were related to the exposure route more than to individual or combined rates of copper uptake. Chitinase and digestive protease transcript expression levels correlated to the copper uptake rate from sediment, rather than from the dissolved phase or combined total uptake rate. Overall, this study supports the hypothesis that metals accumulated via ingestion have a different mode of toxic action than metals taken up from water. Consequently, guidelines that only consider dissolved metal exposure, including equilibrium-partitioning-based guidelines, may underestimate the potential effects from deposited or resuspended metal-contaminated sediments.
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- Sharon E Hook
- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water , Locked Bag 2007, Kirrawee, New South Wales 2232, Australia
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Taylor AM, Maher WA. Exposure-dose-response of Tellina deltoidalis to metal contaminated estuarine sediments 2. Lead spiked sediments. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 159:52-61. [PMID: 24100051 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2013.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Revised: 09/19/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lead accumulation in estuarine sediments, as a result of activities such as mining and ore smelting, and through urban runoff is a continuing problem in the increasingly developed world. Marine organisms accumulate lead, which is known to be highly toxic to biological processes and to degrade organism and ecosystem health. Here the relationship between lead exposure, dose and response was investigated in the sediment dwelling, deposit feeding, marine bivalve Tellina deltoidalis. Bivalves were exposed in the laboratory to individual lead spiked sediments at < 0.01, 100 and 300 μg/g dry mass, for 28 days and accumulated total tissue lead concentrations of 4, 96 and 430 μg/g, respectively. Subcellular fractionation indicated that around 70% of the total accumulated tissue lead was detoxified, three quarters of the detoxified lead fraction was converted into metal rich granules, with the remainder in the metallothionein like protein fraction. The majority of biologically active lead was associated with the mitochondrial fraction with up to a 128 fold increase in lead burden in exposed organisms compared to controls. This indicates lead detoxification was occurring but the organism was unable to prevent lead interacting with sensitive organelles. With increased lead exposure T. deltoidalis showed a suppression in glutathione peroxidase activity, total glutathione concentration and reduced GSH:GSSG ratios, however, these differences were not significant. Lead exposed T. deltoidalis had a significantly reduced total antioxidant capacity which corresponded with increased lipid peroxidation, lysosomal destabilisation and micronuclei frequency. The exposure-dose-response relationships demonstrated for lead exposed T. deltoidalis supports its potential for the development of sublethal endpoints in lead toxicity assessment.
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- Anne M Taylor
- Ecochemistry Laboratory, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Stringer TJ, Glover CN, Keesing V, Northcott GL, Gaw S, Tremblay LA. Development of acute and chronic sediment bioassays with the harpacticoid copepod Quinquelaophonte sp. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2014; 99:82-91. [PMID: 24176293 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Reliable environmentally realistic bioassay methodologies are increasingly needed to assess the effects of environmental pollution. This study describes two estuarine sediment bioassays, one acute (96 h) and one chronic (14 d), with the New Zealand harpacticoid copepod Quinquelaophonte sp. utilising behavioural and reproductive endpoints. Spiked sediments were used to expose Quinquelaophonte sp. to three reference compounds representing important categories of estuarine chemical stressors: zinc (a metal), atrazine (a pesticide), and phenanthrene (a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon). Acute-to-chronic ratios (ACR) were used to further characterise species responses. Acute sediment (sandy and low total organic content) 96 h EC50 values for the sublethal inhibition of mobility for zinc, atrazine and phenanthrene were 137, 5.4, and 2.6 µg/g, respectively. The chronic EC50 values for inhibition of reproduction (total offspring) were 54.5, 0.0083, and 0.067 µg/g for zinc, atrazine, and phenanthrene, respectively. For phenanthrene, a potentially novel mode of action was identified on reproduction. Quinquelaophonte sp. was found to be more sensitive than several other estuarine species indicating choice of test organism is important to characterising the effects of environmentally relevant levels of contamination. The bioassay sediment results demonstrate the sensitivity and suitability of Quinquelaophonte sp. as a tool for the assessment use of estuarine health.
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- Tristan J Stringer
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand; Landcare Research, PO Box 40, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand.
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Simpson SL, Spadaro DA, O'Brien D. Incorporating bioavailability into management limits for copper in sediments contaminated by antifouling paint used in aquaculture. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 93:2499-2506. [PMID: 24080008 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Although now well embedded within many risk-based sediment quality guideline (SQG) frameworks, contaminant bioavailability is still often overlooked in assessment and management of contaminated sediments. To optimise management limits for metal contaminated sediments, we assess the appropriateness of a range methods for modifying SQGs based on bioavailability considerations. The impairment of reproduction of the amphipod, Melita plumulosa, and harpacticoid copepod, Nitocra spinipes, was assessed for sediments contaminated with copper from antifouling paint, located below aquaculture cages. The measurement of dilute acid-extractable copper (AE-Cu) was found to provide the most useful means for monitoring the risks posed by sediment copper and setting management limits. Acid-volatile sulfide was found to be ineffective as a SQG-modifying factor as these organisms live mostly at the more oxidised sediment water interface. SQGs normalised to %-silt/organic carbon were effective, but the benefits gained were too small to justify this approach. The effectiveness of SQGs based on AE-Cu was attributed to a small portion of the total copper being present in potentially bioavailable forms (typically<10% of the total). Much of the non-bioavailable form of copper was likely present as paint flakes in the form of copper (I) oxide, the active ingredient of the antifoulant formulation. While the concentrations of paint-associated copper are very high in some sediments, as the transformation of this form of copper to AE-Cu appears slow, monitoring and management limits should assess the more bioavailable AE-Cu forms, and further efforts be made to limit the release of paint particles into the environment.
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- Stuart L Simpson
- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Locked Bag 2007, Kirrawee, NSW 2232, Australia.
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Di Marzio WD, Castaldo D, Di Lorenzo T, Di Cioccio A, Sáenz ME, Galassi DMP. Developmental endpoints of chronic exposure to suspected endocrine-disrupting chemicals on benthic and hyporheic freshwater copepods. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2013; 96:86-92. [PMID: 23890366 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Revised: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The aims of this study were: (i) to assess if carbamate pesticides and ammonium, widely detected in European freshwater bodies, can be considered ecologically relevant endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) for benthic and interstitial freshwater copepods; and (ii) to evaluate the potential of copepods as sentinels for monitoring ecosystem health. In order to achieve these objectives, four species belonging to the harpacticoid copepod genus Bryocamptus, namely B. (E.) echinatus, B. (R.) zschokkei, B. (R.) pygmaeus and B. (B.) minutus, were subjected to chronic exposures to Aldicarb and ammonium. A significant deviation from the developmental time of unexposed control cultures was observed for all the species in test cultures. Aldicarb caused an increase in generation time over 80% in both B. minutus and B. zschokkei, but less than 35% in B. pygmaeus and B. echinatus. Ammonium increased generation time over 33% in B. minutus, and 14, 12 and 3.5% for B. pygmaeus, B. zschokkei and B. echinatus, respectively. On the basis of these results it can be concluded that chronic exposure to carbamate pesticides and ammonium alters the post-naupliar development of the test-species and propose their potential role as EDCs, leaving open the basis to search what are the mechanism underlying. A prolonged developmental time would probably produce a detrimental effect on population attributes, such as age structure and population size. These deviations from a pristine population condition may be considered suitable biological indicators of ecosystem stress, particularly useful to compare polluted to unpolluted reference sites. Due to their dominance in both benthic and interstitial habitats, and their sensitivity as test organisms, freshwater benthic and hyporheic copepods can fully be used as sentinel species for assessing health condition of aquatic ecosystems as required by world-wide water legislation.
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- W D Di Marzio
- Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, Argentina.
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Ward DJ, Simpson SL, Jolley DF. Slow avoidance response to contaminated sediments elicits sublethal toxicity to benthic invertebrates. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:5947-5953. [PMID: 23634897 DOI: 10.1021/es400152a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Advanced analytical techniques have identified the heterogeneity of sediments in aquatic environments which may impact the exposure of benthic organisms to contaminants. Acute and chronic toxicity associated with short, intermittent exposure to four field-collected contaminated sediments were assessed for the epi-benthic amphipod Melita plumulosa and the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. Increasing the duration of exposure caused a decrease in survival of M. plumulosa and N. spinipes during 10-d bioassays. Increasing the frequency of exposure to a total exposure time >96-h resulted in a significant toxicity to M. plumulosa. Reproduction decreased for both species from exposure to contaminated sediment. For M. plumulosa, reproductive effects occurred for shorter exposures than the time taken to sense and avoid contaminant exposure. Thus, while avoidance behaviors may prevent acute lethality, slow responses may not prevent sublethal effects. Exposure of M. plumulosa to contaminated sediment appeared to cause a physiological change in females which reduced fecundity. This study indicates that sediment toxicity methods which utilize static continuous exposures may overestimate the toxicity that would occur at a field location. However, by preventing organisms from avoiding unfavorable sediments, these methods provide a precautionary assessment of possible effects, which is usually the aim of most assessments frameworks.
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- Daniel J Ward
- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia.
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Campana O, Rodríguez A, Blasco J. Evaluating the suitability of Hydrobia ulvae as a test species for sediment metal toxicity testing applying a tissue residue approach to metal mixtures in laboratory and field exposures. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 91:1136-1145. [PMID: 23411086 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2012] [Revised: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A major weakness in evaluating the suitability of a biomonitor organism is the poor ability to predict the variability of the bioavailability of metals from measured environmental concentrations. In this study, the intertidal gastropod Hydrobia ulvae was used to evaluate its suitability as a test organism for assessing sediment metal toxicity. Toxicity tests were run with sediments spiked with copper, cadmium and zinc applied both as single metal and as a mixture to investigate toxicological interactions evaluating different lethal and sublethal effects. Dose-response relationships were constructed based both on tissue residue approach and particulate metal concentrations. Because metal-spiked sediments used in routine toxicity tests often do not exhibit the same adsorption/desorption kinetics as the natural sediments, the laboratory results were compared to 10-d bioassays conducted with natural field sediments collected from the Guadalete estuary (SW Spain). Highly significant correlations between tissue residue concentrations and particulate metal concentrations were found for all metal-spiked or field-collected and demonstrated that: (i) H. ulvae readily accumulated copper and cadmium in response to contamination and (ii) dietary uptake was determined to be the most significant route of metal exposure. The comparison of the modeled tissue residue-response curve developed from the mixture tests was in good agreement with the results from the bioassay conducted with field sediments and strongly demonstrated that H. ulvae is also a suitable test organism for assessing copper sediment toxicity. In contrast, the dose-response curve expressed as a function of total particulate metal concentrations would fail in predicting effect, erroneously assessing higher metal toxicity.
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- Olivia Campana
- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, (CSIC), Campus Universitario Rio S.Pedro, s/n 11519 Puerto Real, Spain.
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Chapman PM, Wang F, Caeiro SS. Assessing and managing sediment contamination in transitional waters. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2013; 55:71-91. [PMID: 23528483 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Sediment contamination remains a global problem, particularly in transitional waters such as estuaries and coastal lagoons, which are the recipients of chemicals from multiple near- and far-field sources. Although transitional waters are highly productive ecosystems, approaches for assessing and managing their sediment contamination are not as well developed as in marine and fresh waters. Further, although transitional waters remain defined by their variable and unique natural water quality characteristics, particularly salinity, the biota inhabiting such ecosystems, once thought to be defined by Remane's "paradox of brackish water", are being redefined. The purpose of the present paper is to build on an earlier but now dated (>12years old) review of methods to assess sediment contamination in estuaries, extending this to all transitional waters, including information on integrative assessments and on management decision-making. The following are specifically discussed: chemical assessments; bioindicators; biomarkers; and, biological surveys. Assessment and management of sediment contamination in transitional waters need to be focused on ecosystem services and, where appropriate and possible, be proactive rather than reactive when uncertainty has been suitably reduced.
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- Peter M Chapman
- Golder Associates Ltd., 500-4260 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, BC V5C 6C6, Canada.
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Campana O, Simpson SL, Spadaro DA, Blasco J. Sub-lethal effects of copper to benthic invertebrates explained by sediment properties and dietary exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:6835-6842. [PMID: 22591438 DOI: 10.1021/es2045844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The next generation of sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) requires better established causal links between the chronic exposure and effects of metals from both dissolved and dietary sources. The potential for dietary exposure from sediment metals to cause toxic effects to benthic invertebrates is strongly influenced by the metal-binding properties of the sediments. For relatively oxidized sediments, sublethal effects of copper to the epibenthic deposit-feeding amphipod, Melita plumulosa, and the benthic harpacticoid copepod, Nitocra spinipes, were investigated. Effects on reproduction were strongly influenced by the properties of the sediments and sediment-bound copper was found to be the major contribution to the toxicity. For sediments with the same total copper concentrations, effects were less for sediments with greater concentrations of fine particles (<63 μm sediment) or particulate organic carbon (OC). The OC-normalized copper concentration in the <63 μm sediment fraction provided a single effects threshold for all sediment types. For M. plumulosa and N. spinipes, the 10% effect concentrations (EC10s) were 5.2 and 4.8 mg <63 μm Cu g(-1) OC. These chronic EC10s indicate that a SQG of 3.5 mg <63 μm Cu g(-1) OC, that was previously proposed based on a species sensitivity distribution of acute no effects thresholds data for 12 benthic organisms, will be protective for these species. The study confirms the appropriateness of using SQGs that vary with sediment properties and that SQGs of this form provide adequate protection for metal exposure via both dissolved and dietary exposure pathways.
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- Olivia Campana
- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía, CSIC, Campus Universitario Rio S Pedro, 11519 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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Stringer TJ, Glover CN, Keesing V, Northcott GL, Tremblay LA. Development of a harpacticoid copepod bioassay: selection of species and relative sensitivity to zinc, atrazine and phenanthrene. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 80:363-371. [PMID: 22521687 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Revised: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Worldwide, estuaries are under increasing pressure from numerous contaminants. This study aimed to identify a suitable marine harpacticoid copepod species for toxicity testing of New Zealand estuaries. Multiple aspects were considered for species selection and included: a broad regional distribution, ease of culture, reproductive rate under laboratory conditions, sexual dimorphism, and sensitivity to contaminants. Five species were evaluated and two (Robertsonia propinqua and Quinquelaophonte sp.) were able to be cultured. The relative sensitivity of these copepods to three reference toxicants was assessed by determining the medial lethal values following a 96 h exposure (96 h LC(50)) to these toxicants in the aquatic phase. LC(50) values for zinc, phenanthrene, and atrazine respectively were 2.0, 0.89, and 7.58 mg/L in R. propinqua and 0.64, 0.75, and 20.8 mg/L in Quinquelaophonte sp. After evaluating all factors involved in choosing a bioassay species for New Zealand, Quinquelaophonte sp. was selected as the most suitable bioassay species.
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- Tristan J Stringer
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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Simpson SL, Batley GE, Hamilton IL, Spadaro DA. Guidelines for copper in sediments with varying properties. CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 85:1487-1495. [PMID: 21937075 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2011] [Revised: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A major weakness of sediment quality guidelines (SQGs) is their poor ability to predict how toxicity thresholds change for different sediment types. Using species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) of copper effects data, new guidelines were derived for copper in non-sulfidic marine sediments in which organic carbon (OC) and particle size strongly influence copper bioavailability. The derived SQGs varied in a predictable manner with changes in sediment particle size and organic carbon (OC), and were shown to offer a significant improvement on the existing 'single value' SQG. Adequate protection for all benthic organisms is expected to be achieved for a OC-normalised copper concentration of 3.5 mg Cu g(-1) OC in the <63 μm sediment fraction. For short-term exposures, the equivalent acute guideline is 11 mg<63 μm Cu g(-1) OC. The new SQGs incorporate a high degree of conservatism owing to the use of copper-spiked sediments and laboratory-based bioassays that were expected to result in greater metal exposure of organisms to bioavailable copper than would be expected for field-contaminated sediments with similar total copper concentrations. SQGs that vary with sediment properties were prepared in an easily referenced tabular format.
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- Stuart L Simpson
- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Kirrawee, New South Wales 2234, Australia
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Simpson SL, Spadaro DA. Performance and sensitivity of rapid sublethal sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Melita plumulosa and copepod Nitocra spinipes. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2011; 30:2326-2334. [PMID: 21805497 DOI: 10.1002/etc.633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2011] [Revised: 07/05/2011] [Accepted: 07/11/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Sublethal whole-sediment toxicity tests are an important tool for assessing the potential effects of contaminated sediments. However, the longer duration required for evaluating potential chronic effects may increase endpoint variability and test costs compared to survival endpoints. In the present study we compare the performance and sensitivity to contaminants of 10-d sublethal sediment toxicity tests with the amphipod Melita plumulosa and harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. For both tests, sublethal effects were consistently observed when sediment contaminant concentrations exceeded sediment quality guideline (SQG) concentrations. The response of these bioassays in metal-contaminated sediments was shown to conform ideally with respect to the mean SQG quotient calculated on the basis of the Australian and New Zealand lower SQG trigger value, with toxicity being observed only in those sediments where the mean quotient exceeded one. Better predictions of nontoxicity were obtained when dilute acid-extractable rather than total metal concentrations were used. Using the upper SQG, toxicity frequently occurred at mean quotients below one. The effects were generally consistent with predictions from the acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted metal model. Effects on reproduction of M. plumulosa were detected for sediments that did not cause effects on survival and highlighted the environmental relevance and importance of using these sublethal endpoints. When using four replicates for M. plumulosa and five replicates for N. spinipes, the endpoint variability (standard error) was less than 10%. Variations in sediment particle size and organic carbon content did not affect endpoint variability. Both species are relatively easily cultured in the laboratory, and the estimated effort and cost of achieving the sublethal endpoints is 1.5 times that of the acute survival test endpoints.
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- Stuart L Simpson
- Centre for Environmental Contaminants Research, CSIRO Land and Water, Kirrawee, New South Wales, Australia.
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