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Adamczuk M. Environmentally realistic concentrations of ibuprofen influence life histories but not population dynamics of Daphnia magna. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 848:157783. [PMID: 35926623 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157783] [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: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that can be found in freshwater ecosystems. Due to its current presence in aquatic ecosystems, this pharmaceutical has aroused concerns about its impact on aquatic biota. As a result, ibuprofen is the one of the most frequently studied pharmaceuticals. However, most of these studies focus on short-term observations of biomarkers and physiological endpoints. This paper presents the outcomes of whole-life-cycle observations and six-month observations of the population dynamics of Daphnia magna reared under the influence of 1 μg/L, 2 μg/L and 4 μg/L of ibuprofen. Individuals reared under the influence of ibuprofen grew slowly, matured later and lived longer. Moreover, they displayed a higher reproduction rate and carried smaller broods but delivered larger neonates. Ibuprofen in concentrations of 1 μg/L and 2 μg/L had the most significant effect on the above traits. The observed impact of ibuprofen at the individual level did not transfer to population size and dynamics. All the populations represented a typical boom and bust cycle with restricted reproduction during the periods of highest population size. This is the first study to explore the linkage between the life histories of aquatic invertebrates and the actual response of their populations to the occurrence of ibuprofen in the environment. The study emphasizes the need to apply the protocol of whole life-cycle observation in tandem with population scrutiny, since such a protocol can reveal the virtual responses of aquatic biota to the presence of chemicals in the environment.
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- Małgorzata Adamczuk
- Department of Hydrobiology and Protection of Ecosystems, University of Life Sciences, B. Dobrzańskiego 37, 20-262 Lublin, Poland.
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Oliveira KMGD, Carvalho EHDS, Santos Filho RD, Sivek TW, Thá EL, Souza IRD, Coelho LDDS, Pimenta MEB, Oliveira GARD, Oliveira DPD, Cestari MM, Leme DM. Single and mixture toxicity evaluation of three phenolic compounds to the terrestrial ecosystem. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 296:113226. [PMID: 34252852 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 06/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are primarily studied regarding endocrine-mediated effects in mammals and fish. However, EDCs can cause toxicity by mechanisms outside the endocrine system, and, as they are released continuously into soils, they may pose risks to terrestrial organisms. In this work, the plant Allium cepa and the earthworm Eisenia foetida were used as test systems to evaluate the toxicity and cyto-/geno-toxicity of three environmental phenols known as EDCs (Bisphenol A - BPA, Octylphenol - OP, Nonylphenol - NP). The tested phenols were evaluated in environmentally relevant concentrations (μg/L) and in single forms and mixture. BPA, OP, and NP did not inhibit the seed germination and root development in A. cepa in their single forms and mixture. However, all single forms of the tested phenols caused cellular and DNA damages in A. cepa, and although these effects persist in the mixtures, the effects were verified at lower levels. These phenols caused acute toxicity to E. foetida after 48 h of exposure and at both conditions evaluated (single forms and mixture); however, unlike A. cepa, in earthworms, mixtures and single forms presented the same level of effects, indicating that interspecies physiological different might influence the mixture toxicity. In summary, our results suggest that BPA, OP, and NP are toxicants to earthworm and cyto-/geno-toxicants to monocotyledonous plants at low concentrations. However, interaction among these phenols reduces the magnitude of their individual effects (antagonistic effect) in the plant test system. Therefore, this study draws attention to the need to raise knowledge about the ecotoxicity of phenolic compounds to help predict their ecological risks and protect non-target terrestrial species.
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- Ketelen Michele Guilherme de Oliveira
- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory (EnvTox), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory (EnvTox), Goiânia, GO, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory (EnvTox), Goiânia, GO, Brazil; National Institute for Alternative Technologies of Detection, Toxicological Evaluation and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactives (INCT-DATREM), Institute of Chemistry, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP), University of São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil; National Institute for Alternative Technologies of Detection, Toxicological Evaluation and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactives (INCT-DATREM), Institute of Chemistry, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Genetics, Departament of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, 81531-990, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; National Institute for Alternative Technologies of Detection, Toxicological Evaluation and Removal of Micropollutants and Radioactives (INCT-DATREM), Institute of Chemistry, Araraquara, SP, Brazil.
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Ma Z, Peng H, Jin Y, Zhang X, Xie X, Jian K, Liu H, Su G, Tang S, Yu H. Multigenerational Effects and Demographic Responses of Zebrafish ( Danio rerio) Exposed to Organo-Bromine Compounds. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:8764-8773. [PMID: 29984988 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Long-term exposure to toxic chemicals often has deleterious effects on aquatic organisms. In order to support appropriate environmental management of chemicals, a mathematical model was developed to characterize the effects of chemicals on multigenerational population dynamics in aquatic animals. To parametrize the model, we conducted a multigenerational laboratory toxicity test in zebrafish ( Danio rerio) exposed to 2-bromo-4,6-dinitroaniline (BDNA). Long-term exposure to BDNA considerably reduced the fecundity of adult zebrafish (F0 and F1) and caused deformities in the offspring (F2). Life history data, including changes in fecundity and population growth, were then integrated into the model to predict population dynamics of zebrafish exposed to two novel brominated flame retardants, bis(2-ethylhexyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrabromophthalate (TBPH) and 2-ethylhexyl-2,3,4,5-tetrabromobenzoate (TBB). The model predicted that the fecundity of adult zebrafish would be significantly impaired after exposure to 90.36 μM TBPH and 99.16 μM TBB. Thus, prolonged exposure to such levels over multiple generations could result in population extinction within 20 years. Our results provide an intensive temporal perspective to investigate a keystone that connects with individual response to chemicals, population dynamics, and ultimately ecosystem influences.
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- Zhiyuan Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Toronto , Toronto , Ontario M5S 3H6 , Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences , University of Toronto Scarborough , Toronto , Ontario M1C 1A4 , Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resource, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resource, School of Environmental and Biological Engineering , Nanjing University of Science and Technology , Nanjing 210094 , China
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention , No.7 Panjiayuan Nanli Chaoyang District , Beijing 100021 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023 , China
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Kwak JI, Moon J, Kim D, Cui R, An YJ. Species Sensitivity Distributions for Nonylphenol to Estimate Soil Hazardous Concentration. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2017; 51:13957-13966. [PMID: 29115821 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Nonylphenol is an endocrine-disrupting chemical that mimics estrogenic activity. Few studies have investigated the soil ecotoxicity of nonylphenol in the environment, based on probabilistic approaches. The present study generated soil toxicity data for nonylphenol through bioassays that determined the acute and chronic species sensitivity distributions and estimated the hazardous concentrations of nonylphenol in soil in order to protect soil ecosystems. We used eight soil-based organisms from six taxonomic groups for acute assays and five soil-based organisms from four taxonomic groups for chronic assays. The hazardous concentration values of nonylphenol in soil, based on acute and chronic species sensitivity distributions, were estimated using compiled data from the present study, as well as previous studies. This is the first study that generated sufficient data to develop species sensitivity distributions for nonylphenol in soil, and to determine hazardous concentrations of nonylphenol for soil environments.
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- Jin Il Kwak
- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University , Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University , Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University , Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University , Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University , Seoul, Korea
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Druart C, Gimbert F, Scheifler R, de Vaufleury A. A full life-cycle bioassay with Cantareus aspersus shows reproductive effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide suggesting potential endocrine disruption. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 226:240-249. [PMID: 28395863 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A full life-cycle (240 days) bioassay using the terrestrial snail, Cantareus aspersus, allowing exposure during embryogenesis and/or the growth and reproduction phases, was used to assess the effects of Bypass®, a glyphosate-based herbicide (GlyBH), on a range of endpoints, including parameters under endocrine control. As a positive control, a mixture (R-A) made of diquat (Reglone®) and nonylphenols (NP, Agral®), known for its endocrine disrupting effects in other organisms, was tested. At environmental concentrations, both pesticides (R-A mixture and GlyBH) enhanced growth but reduced reproduction. The R-A mixture acted mainly on the fecundity through a delay in egg-laying of approximately 20 days and a strongly reduced number of clutches. This latter dysfunction may be caused by a permanent eversion of the penis, suggesting a disrupting effect at the neuro-endocrine level, which prevented normal mating. GlyBH acted on fertility, possibly due to a decrease in the fertilization of eggs laid by adults exposed during their embryonic development. These results, associated with the absence of observed effects on gonad histology of GlyBH exposed snails, suggested that the underlying mechanisms are neuro-endocrine.
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- Coline Druart
- Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR CNRS 6249 usc INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France.
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- Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR CNRS 6249 usc INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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- Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR CNRS 6249 usc INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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- Department of Chrono-Environment, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR CNRS 6249 usc INRA, 16 route de Gray, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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Prud'homme SM, Chaumot A, Cassar E, David JP, Reynaud S. Impact of micropollutants on the life-history traits of the mosquito Aedes aegypti: On the relevance of transgenerational studies. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 220:242-254. [PMID: 27667679 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Hazard assessment of chemical contaminants often relies on short term or partial life-cycle ecotoxicological tests, while the impact of low dose throughout the entire life cycle of species across multiple generations has been neglected. This study aimed at identifying the individual and population-level consequences of chronic water contamination by environmental concentrations of three organic micropollutants, ibuprofen, bisphenol A and benzo[a]pyrene, on Aedes aegypti mosquito populations in experimental conditions. Life-history assays spanning the full life-cycle of exposed individuals and their progeny associated with population dynamics modelling evidenced life-history traits alterations in unexposed progenies of individuals chronically exposed to 1 μg/L ibuprofen or 0.6 μg/L benzo[a]pyrene. The progeny of individuals exposed to ibuprofen showed an accelerated development while the progeny of individuals exposed to benzo[a]pyrene showed a developmental acceleration associated with an increase in mortality rate during development. These life-history changes due to pollutants exposure resulted in relatively shallow increase of Ae. aegypti asymptotic population growth rate. Multigenerational exposure for six generations revealed an evolution of population response to ibuprofen and benzo[a]pyrene across generations, leading to a loss of previously identified transgenerational effects and to the emergence of a tolerance to the bioinsecticide Bacillus turingiensis israelensis (Bti). This study shed light on the short and long term impact of environmentally relevant doses of ibuprofen and benzo[a]pyrene on Ae. aegypti life-history traits and insecticide tolerance, raising unprecedented perspectives about the influence of surface water pollution on vector-control strategies. Overall, our approach highlights the importance of considering the entire life cycle of organisms, and the necessity to assess the transgenerational effects of pollutants in ecotoxicological studies for ecological risk assessment. Finally, this multi-generational study gives new insight about the influence of surface water pollution on microevolutionary processes.
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- Sophie M Prud'homme
- CNRS Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), UMR 5553, BP 53, 2233 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
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- IRSTEA, UR MALY, Laboratoire d'écotoxicologie, centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, F-69616 Villeurbanne, France.
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- CNRS Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), UMR 5553, BP 53, 2233 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
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- CNRS Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), UMR 5553, BP 53, 2233 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
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- CNRS Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), UMR 5553, BP 53, 2233 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
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Patrício Silva AL, Amorim MJB, Holmstrup M. Uptake and Elimination of 4-Nonylphenol in the Enchytraeid Enchytraeus albidus. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2016; 96:156-161. [PMID: 26597288 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-015-1701-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We determined the uptake and elimination kinetics of 4-nonylphenol (4-NP) in Enchytraeus albidus. A relatively fast degradation of 4-NP in test soil occurred at 20°C (λ = 0.11 day(-1)). The concentration of 4-NP in worm tissue followed a three-phase kinetics model, with a short phase of fast 4-NP accumulation shortly after exposure start (k u = 0.97 mg kg(-1) day(-1)), followed by partial elimination (K e1 = 1.47 day(-1)) until reaching the equilibrium phase (A = 44.7 mg kg(-1) fresh tissue), and finally the elimination upon transfer to uncontaminated soil (K e2 = 0.67 day(-1)). During uptake, the internal concentration was similar to the concentration found in the soil, with a BAF ~ 1. In un-spiked soil, elimination took place within the first 24 h (elimination t1/2 ~ 1 day).
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- A L Patrício Silva
- Department of Biology, CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Vejlsøvej 25, 8600, Silkeborg, Denmark.
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Silva ALP, Amorim MJB, Holmstrup M. Salinity changes impact of hazardous chemicals in Enchytraeus albidus. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2015; 34:2159-2166. [PMID: 25943329 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Supralittoral ecosystems are among the most challenging environments for soil organisms, particularly when salinity fluctuations are involved, frequently combined with the presence of contaminants as a result of intense anthropogenic activities. Knowledge of how salinity influences the effect of contaminants in supralittoral species is crucial for determining the safety factors required when extrapolating results from optimal laboratory conditions to these natural ecosystems. The present study therefore evaluated the effects of 2 metals (copper and cadmium) and 2 organic compounds (carbendazim and 4-nonylphenol) in the absence or presence of 15‰ NaCl in the potworm Enchytraeus albidus, a model organism for ecotoxicology studies commonly found in supralittoral ecosystems, The potworms had a higher reproduction in saline soil than in control soil. Moreover, the effects of copper and carbendazim on reproduction were smaller than when they were tested in nonsaline soil. Potworms exposed to nonsaline soils also had significantly higher tissue concentrations of metals, which partly explains the effects on reproduction. The influence of salinity on effects of 4-nonylphenol was, however, less clear; effects on survival decreased in saline soil, but effects on reproduction were highest in saline soil. The latter slightly correlated with tissue concentrations of the chemical. The present study provides the first evidence that soil salinity has a significant influence on the impact of contaminants evaluated with the enchytraeid reproduction test.
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- Ana L Patrício Silva
- Department of Biology and Center for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology and Center for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Silkeborg, Denmark
- Arctic Research Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Sukumaran S, Grant A. Multigenerational demographic responses of sexual and asexual Artemia to chronic genotoxicity by a reference mutagen. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2013; 144-145:66-74. [PMID: 24141038 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.09.017] [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: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/14/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Genotoxins are capable of multigenerational impacts on natural populations via DNA damage and mutations. Sexual reproduction is assumed to reduce the long term consequences of genotoxicity for individual fitness and should therefore reduce population level effects. However, rather few empirical studies have quantified the magnitude of this effect. We tried to analyse the multigenerational demographic responses of sexual Artemia franciscana and asexual Artemia parthenogenetica due to chronic genotoxicity by a reference mutagen, ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS). A prospective (elasticity analysis) and retrospective (differences and contributions) perturbation analysis was carried out to understand the interactions of life history traits with population growth rate λ by comparing elasticities, differences and contributions of vital rates to λ. None of the previous studies have compared the effects of chronic genotoxicity using prospective and retrospective perturbation analyses in a sexual and asexual species over generations. The behaviour of a population with lower growth rate in the presence of genotoxicants in the field was studied by simulating reduced fertilities in the LTRE design. The results of prospective and retrospective perturbation analyses of effects on λ showed that population growth rate was proportionally more sensitive to juvenile survival whereas the effect of EMS on juvenile fertility contributed more to the variations in population growth rate in both the species and this effect was due to the high growth rate of Artemia. Simulations of lower population growth rate in the model showed that adult fertility and survival are also of importance. Sexual reproduction substantially mitigated the long term consequences of genetic damage, although these would be greater if population growth rate were lower. So multigenerational population level consequences of genotoxicity were much greater in an asexual species. So asexual species, and those with a parthenogenetic phase in their life cycle, may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of environmental mutagens. Ecological risk assessments should include information from multigenerational studies, as responses to genotoxicity may vary depending on the life history strategies and reproductive modes of the species under consideration. Single generation studies may under or over-estimate risks.
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- Sandhya Sukumaran
- University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
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van der Ploeg MJC, Baveco JM, van der Hout A, Bakker R, Rietjens IMCM, van den Brink NW. Effects of C60 nanoparticle exposure on earthworms (Lumbricus rubellus) and implications for population dynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2011; 159:198-203. [PMID: 20932615 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2010] [Revised: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 09/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Effects of C60 nanoparticles (nominal concentrations 0, 15.4 and 154 mg/kg soil) on mortality, growth and reproduction of Lumbricus rubellus earthworms were assessed. C60 exposure had a significant effect on cocoon production, juvenile growth rate and mortality. These endpoints were used to model effects on the population level. This demonstrated reduced population growth rate with increasing C60 concentrations. Furthermore, a shift in stage structure was shown for C60 exposed populations, i.e. a larger proportion of juveniles. This result implies that the lower juvenile growth rate due to exposure to C60 resulted in a larger proportion of juveniles, despite increased mortality among juveniles. Overall, this study indicates that C60 exposure may seriously affect earthworm populations. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that juveniles were more sensitive to C60 exposure than adults.
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- M J C van der Ploeg
- Alterra, Wageningen UR, Droevendaalssesteeg 3, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands; Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Tuinlaan 5, 6703 HE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Alterra, Wageningen UR, Droevendaalssesteeg 3, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Alterra, Wageningen UR, Droevendaalssesteeg 3, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- RIKILT, Wageningen UR, Akkermaalsbos 2, 6708 WB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Toxicology, Wageningen University, Tuinlaan 5, 6703 HE, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Alterra, Wageningen UR, Droevendaalssesteeg 3, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Canellas E, Nerín C, Moore R, Silcock P. New UPLC coupled to mass spectrometry approaches for screening of non-volatile compounds as potential migrants from adhesives used in food packaging materials. Anal Chim Acta 2010; 666:62-9. [PMID: 20433966 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The objective of this study was to identify the non-volatile compounds as potential migrants from adhesives used in food packaging. A number of the current acrylic adhesive formulations were extracted and prepared for analysis. The extracts were screened using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer detector (UPLC-TOF-MS). This approach allowed the identification of several components by a combination of exact mass and in-source collision induced dissociation (CID). Due to the lack of freely available information on adhesive formulations further analyses were undertaken using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to high definition mass spectrometry (UPLC-HDMS). Using the Mass Fragment tool to interrogate fragmentation data, a wide series of compounds were identified, demonstrating the usefulness and importance of these tools for difficult problems. Moreover, using several packaging materials containing adhesives, qualitative migration tests were performed with Tenax as a food simulant. Several non-volatile compounds were identified as well in the Tenax which emphasizes the importance of this work and demonstrates that even the non-volatile compounds have the potential to migrate into food which is in contact with packaging materials. The main characteristics of the screening study and the results obtained are shown and discussed.
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- E Canellas
- Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón, CPS Universidad de Zaragoza, M feminine de Luna 3, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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Pedersen S, Selck H, Salvito D, Forbes V. Effects of the polycyclic musk HHCB on individual- and population-level endpoints in Potamopyrgus antipodarum. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2009; 72:1190-1199. [PMID: 19108894 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2008] [Revised: 10/24/2008] [Accepted: 10/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Although the polycyclic musk 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[gamma]-2-benzopyran (HHCB) is frequently detected in aquatic sediments, very little is known about its effects on sediment-feeding organisms. Effects of sediment-associated HHCB on growth, feeding rate, survival and reproduction in the gastropod Potamopyrgus antipodarum were measured in the laboratory. Snails were exposed to six nominal HHCB concentrations: 0, 0.1, 1, 10, 30 and 100microg g(-1) dry weight (dw) sediment. Adult survival and growth were not affected by HHCB. However, juvenile growth and survival, reproduction, time to first reproduction and adult feeding rate were more sensitive endpoints and declined with increasing HHCB concentration. Individual-level endpoints for P. antipodarum were integrated into a population model to investigate the effects of HHCB on population growth rate. Under otherwise favorable laboratory conditions, population growth rate was slightly (by ca. 2%), but not significantly, reduced with increasing HHCB exposure concentration. Model simulations were performed to explore the consequences of HHCB exposure under more ecologically realistic conditions (i.e., survival and reproduction of unexposed snails were markedly reduced relative to the laboratory). The results suggest that despite detectable effects of HHCB on individual-level endpoints measured in the laboratory, impacts on population dynamics of this deposit feeder are not likely to occur at environmentally relevant exposure concentrations.
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- Signe Pedersen
- Center for Integrated Population Ecology, Department of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Jensen D, Bayley M, Holmstrup M. Synergistic interaction between 4-nonylphenol and high but not low temperatures in Dendrobaena octaedra. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2009; 72:10-16. [PMID: 18455234 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2008] [Revised: 02/29/2008] [Accepted: 03/02/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Studies on joint effects of toxic compounds and temperature have clearly shown that single stressor tests often underestimate the critical limits of the stressor evaluated. In the present study, the joint effects of nonylphenol (NP) and high (25-35 degrees C) or low (1.4 to -6.4 degrees C) temperatures in Dendrobaena octaedra were elucidated. The effects of these combined stresses were analyzed in a multiplicative model using an independent action model as a reference, and there was a strongly synergistic interaction between the effects of NP and high but not low temperatures. This interaction may be caused by NP disrupting membrane stability during thermal stress and/or by a depletion of protective heat shock proteins. While the survival of D. octaedra at high temperatures significantly decreased with increasing NP concentration up to 400 mg kg(-1) dry soil, reproduction was significantly reduced when the earthworms were exposed to a concentration as low as 30 mg NP kg(-1) dry soil.
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- Dorthe Jensen
- National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Aarhus, Vejlsøvej 25, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark; Department of Biological Sciences, Zoophysiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Zoophysiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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- National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, University of Aarhus, Vejlsøvej 25, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark.
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Widarto TH, Krogh PH, Forbes VE. Nonylphenol stimulates fecundity but not population growth rate (lambda) of Folsomia candida. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2007; 67:369-77. [PMID: 17189650 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2006] [Revised: 11/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The toxicity of nonylphenol (NP) to springtails was pronounced at 40 mg/kg dry weight soil, at which no animals survived. Body length and fecundity were the individual life-history traits significantly stimulated by sublethal concentrations of NP during a 64-day experiment. However, the effects of NP on these traits did not result in a statistically significant increase in population growth rate (lambda). Decomposition analysis indicated that fecundity was the main contributor to the (non-significant) changes observed in lambda. However, since the elasticity of fecundity was very low, large changes in fecundity resulted in a minimal effect on lambda. Juvenile survival had the highest elasticity of all traits, but was not affected by NP, and therefore did not contribute to effects on lambda. This study confirms previous studies showing that effects of chemicals on individual life-history traits are attenuated at the population level and that lambda is an appropriate endpoint for ecotoxicological studies.
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- T H Widarto
- Department of Biology, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.
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Núñez L, Turiel E, Tadeo JL. Determination of nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates in environmental solid samples by ultrasonic-assisted extraction and high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection. J Chromatogr A 2007; 1146:157-63. [PMID: 17306275 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2007.01.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2006] [Revised: 01/24/2007] [Accepted: 01/26/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A simple and rapid analytical method for the determination of nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOx) in solid environmental samples has been developed. This method combines an ultrasonic-assisted extraction procedure in small columns and an enrichment step onto C(18) solid-phase extraction cartridges prior to separation using HPLC with fluorescence detection. Method optimization was carried out using soil samples fortified at different concentration levels (from 0.1 to 100 microg/g). Under optimum conditions, 2g of soil was placed in small glass columns and extraction was performed assisted by sonication (SAESC) at 45 degrees C in two consecutive steps of 15 min using a mixture of H(2)O/MeOH (30/70). The obtained extracts were collected, loaded onto 500 mg C(18) cartridges, and analytes were eluted with 3 x 1 ml of methanol and 1 ml of acetonitrile. Finally, sample extracts were evaporated under a nitrogen stream, redissolved in 500 microl H(2)O/AcN (50/50), and passed though a 0.45 microm nylon filter before final determination by HPLC-FL. The developed procedure allowed to achieve quantitative recoveries for NP and NPEOx, and was properly validated. Finally, the method was applied to the determination of these compounds in soils and other environmental solid samples such as sediments, compost and sludge.
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- L Núñez
- Departamento de Medio Ambiente, INIA, Ctra. de La Coruña Km 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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