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Keevil MG, Noble N, Boyle SP, Lesbarrères D, Brooks RJ, Litzgus JD. Lost reproductive value reveals a high burden of juvenile road mortality in a long-lived species. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 33:e2789. [PMID: 36482023 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2789] [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: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 07/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Adult mortality is often the most sensitive vital rate affecting at-risk wildlife populations. Therefore, road ecology studies often focus on adult mortality despite the possibility for roads to be hazardous to juvenile individuals during natal dispersal. Failure to quantify concurrent variation in mortality risk and population sensitivity across demographic states can mislead the efforts to understand and mitigate the effects of population threats. To compare relative population impacts from road mortality among demographic classes, we weighted mortality observations by applying reproductive value analysis to quantify expected stage-specific contributions to population growth. We demonstrate this approach for snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) observed on roads at two focal sites in Ontario, Canada, where we collected data for both live and dead individuals observed on roads. We estimated reproductive values using stage-classified matrix models to compare relative population-level impacts of adult and juvenile mortality. Reproductive value analysis is a tractable approach to assessing demographically variable effects for applications covering large spatial scales, nondiscrete populations, or where abundance data are lacking. For one site with long-term life-history data, we compared demographic frequency on roads to expected general population frequencies predicted by the matrix model. Our application of reproductive value is sex specific but, as juvenile snapping turtles lack external secondary sex characters, we estimated the sex ratio of road-crossing juveniles after dissecting and sexing carcasses collected on roads at five sites across central Ontario, Canada. Juveniles were more abundant on roads than expected, suggesting a substantial dispersal contribution, and the road-killed juvenile sex ratio approached 1:1. A higher proportion of juveniles were also found dead compared with adults, and cumulative juvenile mortality had similar population-level importance as adult mortality. This suggests that the impact of roads needs to be considered across all life stages, even in wildlife species with slow life histories, such as snapping turtles, that are particularly sensitive to adult mortality.
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- Matthew G Keevil
- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Padayachee K, Reynolds C, Mateo R, Amar A. A global review of the temporal and spatial patterns of DDT and dieldrin monitoring in raptors. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 858:159734. [PMID: 36349626 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159734] [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: 06/06/2022] [Revised: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides have been extensively monitored in birds, particularly from higher trophic guilds such as raptors. While monitoring of raptors has been ongoing for decades, patterns from monitoring activities have never been summarised on a global scale. In this study, we undertake a review to better describe the monitoring of two widespread organochlorine pesticides monitored globally in raptors, DDT and dieldrin. We provide a historical retrospective on the monitoring effort of a global environmental issue. Sampling was heavily biased geographically to the global north, with more than 90 % of studies conducted in this socio-geographic region, most from Europe and North America. Although monitoring occurred from at least 114 species, most samples came from relatively few species, with three species (Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus, and Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus) comprising 50 % of samples. The types of raptors sampled have changed over time, with avian and mammal specialists dominating samples until the 1970s, but more diverse dietary guilds monitored in later decades, and greater proportions of samples coming from generalist species. The three most sampled tissues (egg, liver, and plasma) comprised 84 % of all samples. Eggs were the earliest tissue examined and the only tissue sampled in all decades. The geographical bias in monitoring effort and relatively narrow species focus, suggests that patterns in these pesticides are unlikely to be fully representative of all global environments occupied by raptors. While DDT has been banned throughout most of the global north, it remains in use in the global south, yet monitoring effort in the south, does not match that of the north. While monitoring remains prevalent in the global north, contemporary monitoring is limited in the global south with less than 10 % of raptors sampled in Asia, Africa, and South America, over the last 3 decades.
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- Kailen Padayachee
- The Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa.
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- School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa, Private Bag 3 Wits, 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSIC, UCLM, JCCM), Ronda de Toledo, 12, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- The Fitzpatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Ngoubeyou PSK, Wolkersdorfer C, Ndibewu PP, Augustyn W. Toxicity of polychlorinated biphenyls in aquatic environments - A review. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2022; 251:106284. [PMID: 36087490 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106284] [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: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their congeners resulting from the pollution of all environmental media is inherently related to its persistence and ubiquitous nature. In principle, determination of this class of contaminants are limited to the determination of their concentrations in the various environmental matrices. For solving many problems in this context, knowledge of the emission sources of PCBs, transport pathways, and sites of contamination and biomagnification is of great benefit to scientists and researchers, as well as many regulatory organizations. By far the largest amounts of PCBs, regardless of their discharged points, end up in the soil, sediment and finally in different aquatic environments. By reviewing relevant published materials, the source of origin of PCBs in the environment particularly from different pollution point sources, it is possible to obtain useful information on the nature of different materials that are sources of PCBs, or their concentrations and their toxicity or health effects and how they can be removed from contaminated media. This review focuses on the sources of PCBs in aquatic environments and critically reviews the toxicity of PCBs in aquatic animals and plants. The review also assesses the toxicity equivalency factors (TEFs) of PCBs providing valuable knowledge to other scientists and researchers that enables regulatory laws to be formulated based on selective determination of concentrations regarding their maximum permissible limits (MPLs) allowed. This review also supplies a pool of valuable information useful for designing decontamination technologies for PCBs in media like soil, sediment, and wastewaters.
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- Tshwane University of Technology, SARChI Chair for Mine Water Treatment, Department of Environmental, Water and Earth Sciences, Private Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa
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- Tshwane University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
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- Tshwane University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
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Guo L, Zhang X, Luo D, Yu RQ, Xie Q, Wu Y. Population-level effects of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure on highly vulnerable Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins from their largest habitat. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 286:117544. [PMID: 34119862 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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While polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-related risks have been reported at the cellular, organ, and individual levels in some marine mammals, studies quantifying the PCB-associated population-level effects are limited. Here, we combined chemical analysis and individual-based model simulation to investigate the impact of PCBs on the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (sub)population from the Pearl River Estuary (PRE). An annual PCB accumulation rate of 0.29 ± 0.07 mg/kg lipid per year was estimated based on the measured age-specific male data as males continue to accumulate PCBs throughout their lifetime, without depurating contaminant loads. Using the Taiwan Strait dolphin population with low PCBs as a baseline, we compare our model simulations in PRE population to estimate relative population impacts of PCBs and other stressors. When using the current vital rates of the PRE dolphins which have been affected by PCBs and other stressors (e.g., underwater noise, prey limitation, etc.), our simulations revealed a substantial decline (8.1%) in the annual population growth rate (λ) of PRE metapopulation compared to baseline over the next 100 years. At the estimated PCB accumulation rate, the PCB-mediated effects on calf survival and immunity would cause a slight decline (0.9%) in λ relative to baseline. Our findings suggest a relatively limited impact of PCBs on the long-term survival of PRE dolphins among all stressors. However, it should be noted that even under model simulations where dietary PCBs were eliminated, humpback dolphins would still need a long time to reduce their PCB burdens to a relatively "safe" level through biological cycling. Considering that the baseline vital rates might also have been affected by PCBs and other stressors, our results are considered relative rather than absolute. This study provides a starting point for quantifying population-level consequences of contaminant exposure on humpback dolphins, although more efforts are needed to perfect this type of analysis.
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- Lang Guo
- School of Marine Sciences, Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, Pearl River Estuary Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, Pearl River Estuary Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, Pearl River Estuary Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- Department of Biology, Center for Environment, Biodiversity and Conservation, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
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- School of Marine Sciences, Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, Pearl River Estuary Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Zhuhai Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering, Pearl River Estuary Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-Sen University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China.
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Burkart L, Olivier A, Lourdais O, Vittecoq M, Blouin-Demers G, Alliot F, Le Gac C, Martin N, Goutte A. Determinants of Legacy Persistent Organic Pollutant Levels in the European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Camargue Wetland, France. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2021; 40:2261-2268. [PMID: 33928683 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5077] [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: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Many banned persistent organic pollutants (POPs) remain for decades in the aquatic environment and can have harmful effects on long-lived predators because of their high bioaccumulation and biomagnification potentials. We investigated the occurrence and levels of 18 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 16 organochlorine pesticides in European pond turtles (n = 174) from April to July 2018 in the Camargue wetland, France. Although the Camargue was highly contaminated in previous decades, plasma occurrence and levels of POPs were very low: we were able to quantify only 3 of the 34 compounds we analyzed in >10% of the turtles. The burdens from POPs did not differ between males and females and were uncorrelated with sampling date and body mass. We observed differences in POP burdens between turtles from the 2 sampling sites. One possible explanation is that the sampling sites were in different agricultural hydraulic systems: plasma occurrence and levels were higher for PCB-52 and hexachlorobenzene in turtles captured in drainage channels and for PCB-153 at the site that receives irrigation. Finally, the occurrence and levels of PCB-153 in turtles increased with age, likely because of bioaccumulation and much higher exposure 20 to 30 yr ago than now. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021;40:2261-2268. © 2021 SETAC.
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- Louisiane Burkart
- École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL Research University, UMR 7619 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- La Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands, Arles, France
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- Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé, CNRS, UMR 7372, Villiers en Bois, France
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
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- La Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands, Arles, France
- MIGEVEC Laboratoire maladies infectieuses & vecteurs: écologie, génétique évolution et contrôle, UMR (CNRS/IRD 224/UM), Montpellier, France
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- École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL Research University, UMR 7619 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- La Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands, Arles, France
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- La Tour du Valat, Research Institute for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands, Arles, France
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- École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL Research University, UMR 7619 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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Weir SM, Salice CJ. Investigating potential toxic effects of pollutants on population growth rates and probability of extinction for a representative squamate. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2021; 30:175-186. [PMID: 33104962 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-020-02289-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chemical contamination has been suggested as an important contributing factor to reptile population declines, but direct links are rarely reported. Population modeling provides a quantitative method to understand the long-term effects of contaminants on population persistence. We created a matrix model for Sceloporus lizards and investigated hypothetical toxic effects by reducing survival and reproductive parameters by 0 to 100% in 10% increments. We report effects on population growth rate (λ) and elasticity values for each stage due to these reductions. We then incorporated stochasticity to the model to simulate the variation seen in demographic data and quantified extinction risk. The deterministic model yielded a λ of 1.07 suggesting stability in some wild Sceloporus populations. A yearly reduction of 20 to 30% in demographic parameters was needed to push λ to decline in both our deterministic and stochastic simulations. Surprisingly, our baseline stochastic simulations had a 30% extinction probability despite a stable deterministic model. We tested three adjustments to the stochastic model, (1) increased survival/fecundity parameters, (2) higher starting densities, and (3) a density-dependent juvenile survival function. The model with density-dependent juvenile growth had the lowest extinction risk. Ultimately, 20 or 30% mortality every year is likely unrealistic, but our results provide insight in linking toxicity to population effects. Ultimately, very little reduction in demographics is needed to cause declines in these populations. Our generalized models provide important tools for screening-level risk assessment of chemical contamination, especially for taxonomic groups that tend to receive less research interest.
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- Scott M Weir
- Department of Biology, Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28274, USA.
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- Environmental Science and Studies & Department of Biological Sciences, Towson University, Towson, MD, 21252, USA
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Lambiase S, Serpe FP, Pilia M, Fiorito F, Iaccarino D, Gallo P, Esposito M. Polychlorinated organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs) in loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) turtles from Central-Southern Tyrrhenian Sea. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128226. [PMID: 33297182 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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This study assesses for the first time the levels of PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs in sea turtles coming from Tyrrhenian Sea. The concentrations measured in liver of the 24 specimens analysed were 6.90 vs 5.65 pg g-1 wet weight (ww) for PCDD/Fs and 10.95 vs 0.79 ng g-1 ww for DL-PCBs in Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas, respectively. The DL-PCB levels resulted very higher in Caretta caretta than Chelonia mydas probably due to the different eating habits between the two species investigated. Furthermore, the highest levels of DL-PCBs were determined in livers of the adult Caretta caretta turtles of male sex. Positive correlations were found out between PCB-81 and the body mass (BM) of turtles (r2 = 0.6561; p = 0.001) and between PCB-81 and the curved carapace length (CCL) (r2 = 0.6250; p = 0.006) suggesting that the body burden of contaminants is related to the body size. The mean TEQ values, as a matter of risk assessment for turtles, were 3.64 vs 1.62 pg TEQ g-1 ww for PCDD/Fs and 8.72 vs 2.16 pg TEQ g-1 ww for DL-PCBs in Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas, respectively. The results reported in this study increase the data available about the consequences of the Mediterranean Sea contamination by organochlorine pollutants and highlight an evident PCDD/F and PCB bioaccumulation in sea turtle tissues that threatens the survival of these marine organisms.
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- Sara Lambiase
- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055, Portici, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055, Portici, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055, Portici, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055, Portici, Italy
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, 80055, Portici, Italy
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Yuan X, Jiang Z, Wang Q, Gao N, Li H, Ma Y. Polychlorinated Biphenyl Electrochemical Aptasensor Based on a Diamond-Gold Nanocomposite to Realize a Sub-Femtomolar Detection Limit. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:22402-22410. [PMID: 32923798 PMCID: PMC7482256 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) with high toxicity, low lethal dose, and bioaccumulation have been inhibited for application in wide fields, and a highly efficient trace detection is thus greatly desirable. In this study, we produce dense Au-nanoparticles by twice sputtering and twice annealing (T-Au-NPs) on boron-doped diamond (BDD). The successful formation of T-Au-NPs/BDD nanocomposites was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis. Based on T-Au-NPs/BDD, an electronic biosensor with aptamers is fabricated to detect trace polychlorinated biphenyl-77 (PCB-77) by electrochemical impedance. A good linear relationship in the range of femtomolar to micromolar and significantly low detection limit of sub-femtomolar level (0.32 fM) are realized based on the biosensor. The emphasis of this research lies in the key role of the diamond substrate in the biosensor. It is demonstrated that the biosensor has excellent sensitivity, specificity, stability, and recyclability, which are favorable for detecting the trace PCB-77 molecule. It is attributed to the important effect presented by the BDD substrate and the synergistic influence of T-Au-NPs combined with aptamers.
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- Xiaoxi Yuan
- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin
University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
- Institute
for Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Technology, Jilin Engineering Normal University, Changchun 130052, P. R.
China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin
University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin
University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin
University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin
University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- College
of Sciences, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, P. R. China
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Hatch JM, Haas HL, Richards PM, Rose KA. Life-history constraints on maximum population growth for loggerhead turtles in the northwest Atlantic. Ecol Evol 2019; 9:9442-9452. [PMID: 31534667 PMCID: PMC6745678 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Conservation planning for protected species often relies on estimates of life-history parameters. A commonly used parameter is the instantaneous maximum population growth rate (r max) that can be used to limit removals and design recovery targets. Estimation of r max can be challenging because of limited availability of species- and population-specific data and life-history information. We applied a method proposed by Neil and Lebreton, originally developed for birds, to loggerhead turtles. The method uses age-at-first-reproduction and adult survival to estimate r max. We used a variety of datasets and matrix population models to confirm an allometric assumption required by the method, and to generate estimates of age-at-first-reproduction and adult survival. A meta-analysis was applied to parameters from reported growth curves, which were then combined with the size distribution of neophyte nesters to derive estimates of age-at-first-reproduction. Adult survival rates were obtained from an existing matrix population model. Monte Carlo simulation was then used to combine the estimates of the allometric coefficients, age-at-first-reproduction, and adult survival to obtain a probability distribution of approximate r max values. Estimated annual maximum population growth rates averaged 0.024, with a mode of 0.017 and a 95% highest density interval of 0.006-0.047. These estimates were similar to values reported by others using different methods and captured the variability in positive, annual change estimates across nesting beach sites for the northwest Atlantic loggerhead population. The use of life-history parameters has a long history in wildlife and fisheries management and conservation planning. Our estimates of r max, while having some biases and uncertainty, encompassed values presently used in recovery planning for loggerhead turtles and offer additional information for the management of endangered and threatened species.
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- Joshua M. Hatch
- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, NEFSCWoods HoleMAUSA
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- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, NEFSCWoods HoleMAUSA
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- Horn Point LaboratoryUniversity of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCambridgeMDUSA
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Liao R, Li W, Kang Z, Tang L, Yang B, Wang L. Distribution characteristics and ecological evaluation of chlorobenzene compounds in surface sediment of the Maowei Sea, Guangxi, China. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2019; 191:309. [PMID: 31028555 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7397-0] [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: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To enhance our understanding on environmental conditions of the Maowei Sea in Guangxi province, China, the concentration and distribution of 22 chlorobenzene compounds (CBs) in the surface sediment were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The relationship of the sediment between CBs and total organic carbon (TOC) was also investigated. The results showed that a total of eight kinds of CBs compounds were detected in the sediment samples which were collected from the coastal environment of the Maowei Sea, with an average concentration of 15.3 ng·g-1 (the concentration range, 2.5-61.5 ng·g-1). The rank of their average concentrations was as follows: 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorotoluene > hexachlorobenzene, 2-chlorotoluene, 3-chlorotoluene and 2,3-dichlorotoluene > 2,4-dichlorotoluene > 4-chlorotoluene > pentachlorobenzene. Most CBs were distributed in sediments along the east coast of the Maowei Sea. For total TOC content in sediments, the concentration in the sampling locations was similar, with a mean concentration of 8.83 g·kg-1 (the concentration range, 4.87-20.13 g·kg-1). However, there was no significant correlation between the concentration of TOC and total CBs. Compared to the corresponding CBs in the sediment of other coastal areas in mainland China and other countries, the value of CBs in the Maowei Sea was low.
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- Riquan Liao
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, 535000, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, 535000, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Radiation, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Beibu Gulf Marine Biodiversity Conservation, Beibu Gulf University, Qinzhou, 535000, Guangxi, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Nanochemistry and Nanobiology, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, People's Republic of China.
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The Risk of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Facilitating Tumors in Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles ( Chelonia mydas). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2018; 15:ijerph15061243. [PMID: 29895772 PMCID: PMC6025165 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15061243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The Hawaiian green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is on the list of threatened species protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in 1978 in large part due to a severe tumor-forming disease named fibropapillomatosis. Chemical pollution is a prime suspect threatening the survival of C. mydas. In this study, PCBs concentrations were determined in 43 C. mydas plasma samples archived on Tern Island. The total PCBs concentration in male C. mydas (mean 1.10 ng/mL) was two times more than that of females (mean 0.43 ng/mL). The relationship between straight carapace length and PCBs concentration in females has also been studied, which was negatively related. To figure out the possible existence of correlations between PCBs and tumor status, we measured the PCBs concentration in turtles with no tumor, moderate or severe tumor affliction. PCBs concentration of two afflicted groups was much higher than the healthy group, suggesting that PCBs may play a role in fibropapillomatosis in Hawaiian green turtle.
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Armstrong DP, Keevil MG, Rollinson N, Brooks RJ. Subtle individual variation in indeterminate growth leads to major variation in survival and lifetime reproductive output in a long‐lived reptile. Funct Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Doug P. Armstrong
- Wildlife Ecology GroupMassey University Palmerston North New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
- School of the EnvironmentUniversity of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Integrative BiologyUniversity of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada
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Kraus JM, Gibson PP, Walters DM, Mills MA. Riparian spiders as sentinels of polychlorinated biphenyl contamination across heterogeneous aquatic ecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2017; 36:1278-1286. [PMID: 27764888 PMCID: PMC7362337 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Riparian spiders are being used increasingly to track spatial patterns of contaminants in and fluxing from aquatic ecosystems. However, our understanding of the circumstances under which spiders are effective sentinels of aquatic pollution is limited. The present study tests the hypothesis that riparian spiders may be effectively used to track spatial patterns of sediment pollution by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in aquatic ecosystems with high habitat heterogeneity. The spatial pattern of ΣPCB concentrations in 2 common families of riparian spiders sampled in 2011 to 2013 generally tracked spatial variation in sediment ΣPCBs across all sites within the Manistique River Great Lakes Area of Concern (AOC), a rivermouth ecosystem located on the south shore of the Upper Peninsula, Manistique (MI, USA) that includes harbor, river, backwater, and lake habitats. Sediment ΣPCB concentrations normalized for total organic carbon explained 41% of the variation in lipid-normalized spider ΣPCB concentrations across 11 sites. Furthermore, 2 common riparian spider taxa (Araneidae and Tetragnathidae) were highly correlated (r2 > 0.78) and had similar mean ΣPCB concentrations when averaged across all years. The results indicate that riparian spiders may be useful sentinels of relative PCB availability to aquatic and riparian food webs in heterogeneous aquatic ecosystems like rivermouths where habitat and contaminant variability may make the use of aquatic taxa less effective. Furthermore, the present approach appears robust to heterogeneity in shoreline development and riparian vegetation that support different families of large web-building spiders. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:1278-1286. Published 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of SETAC. This article is a US government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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- Johanna M Kraus
- Fort Collins Science Center, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Contractor, Fort Collins Science Center, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Fort Collins Science Center, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- National Risk Management Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Wieczerzak M, Namieśnik J, Kudłak B. Bioassays as one of the Green Chemistry tools for assessing environmental quality: A review. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2016; 94:341-361. [PMID: 27472199 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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For centuries, mankind has contributed to irreversible environmental changes, but due to the modern science of recent decades, scientists are able to assess the scale of this impact. The introduction of laws and standards to ensure environmental cleanliness requires comprehensive environmental monitoring, which should also meet the requirements of Green Chemistry. The broad spectrum of Green Chemistry principle applications should also include all of the techniques and methods of pollutant analysis and environmental monitoring. The classical methods of chemical analyses do not always match the twelve principles of Green Chemistry, and they are often expensive and employ toxic and environmentally unfriendly solvents in large quantities. These solvents can generate hazardous and toxic waste while consuming large volumes of resources. Therefore, there is a need to develop reliable techniques that would not only meet the requirements of Green Analytical Chemistry, but they could also complement and sometimes provide an alternative to conventional classical analytical methods. These alternatives may be found in bioassays. Commercially available certified bioassays often come in the form of ready-to-use toxkits, and they are easy to use and relatively inexpensive in comparison with certain conventional analytical methods. The aim of this study is to provide evidence that bioassays can be a complementary alternative to classical methods of analysis and can fulfil Green Analytical Chemistry criteria. The test organisms discussed in this work include single-celled organisms, such as cell lines, fungi (yeast), and bacteria, and multicellular organisms, such as invertebrate and vertebrate animals and plants.
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- M Wieczerzak
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Gdańsk 80-233, Poland.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Gdańsk 80-233, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza Str., Gdańsk 80-233, Poland
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Wu L, Qi P, Fu X, Liu H, Li J, Wang Q, Fan H. A novel electrochemical PCB77-binding DNA aptamer biosensor for selective detection of PCB77. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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León-Olea M, Martyniuk CJ, Orlando EF, Ottinger MA, Rosenfeld C, Wolstenholme J, Trudeau VL. Current concepts in neuroendocrine disruption. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2014; 203:158-173. [PMID: 24530523 PMCID: PMC4133337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Revised: 02/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the last few years, it has become clear that a wide variety of environmental contaminants have specific effects on neuroendocrine systems in fish, amphibians, birds and mammals. While it is beyond the scope of this review to provide a comprehensive examination of all of these neuroendocrine disruptors, we will focus on select representative examples. Organochlorine pesticides bioaccumulate in neuroendocrine areas of the brain that directly regulate GnRH neurons, thereby altering the expression of genes downstream of GnRH signaling. Organochlorine pesticides can also agonize or antagonize hormone receptors, adversely affecting crosstalk between neurotransmitter systems. The impacts of polychlorinated biphenyls are varied and in many cases subtle. This is particularly true for neuroedocrine and behavioral effects of exposure. These effects impact sexual differentiation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, and other neuroendocrine systems regulating the thyroid, metabolic, and stress axes and their physiological responses. Weakly estrogenic and anti-androgenic pollutants such as bisphenol A, phthalates, phytochemicals, and the fungicide vinclozolin can lead to severe and widespread neuroendocrine disruptions in discrete brain regions, including the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus, resulting in behavioral changes in a wide range of species. Behavioral features that have been shown to be affected by one or more these chemicals include cognitive deficits, heightened anxiety or anxiety-like, sociosexual, locomotor, and appetitive behaviors. Neuroactive pharmaceuticals are now widely detected in aquatic environments and water supplies through the release of wastewater treatment plant effluents. The antidepressant fluoxetine is one such pharmaceutical neuroendocrine disruptor. Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor that can affect multiple neuroendocrine pathways and behavioral circuits, including disruptive effects on reproduction and feeding in fish. There is growing evidence for the association between environmental contaminant exposures and diseases with strong neuroendocrine components, for example decreased fecundity, neurodegeneration, and cardiac disease. It is critical to consider the timing of exposures of neuroendocrine disruptors because embryonic stages of central nervous system development are exquisitely sensitive to adverse effects. There is also evidence for epigenetic and transgenerational neuroendocrine disrupting effects of some pollutants. We must now consider the impacts of neuroendocrine disruptors on reproduction, development, growth and behaviors, and the population consequences for evolutionary change in an increasingly contaminated world. This review examines the evidence to date that various so-called neuroendocrine disruptors can induce such effects often at environmentally-relevant concentrations.
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- Martha León-Olea
- Departamento de Neuromorfología Funcional, Dirección de Investigaciones en Neurociencias, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, R.F.M., México D.F., México
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- Canadian Rivers Institute and Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick, E2L 4L5, Canada
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- University of Maryland, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- University of Maryland, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA
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- Departments of Biomedical Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, Genetics Area Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 23112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Private, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1N 6N5
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Rowe CL. Bioaccumulation and effects of metals and trace elements from aquatic disposal of coal combustion residues: recent advances and recommendations for further study. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 485-486:490-496. [PMID: 24742559 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Advances have been made recently in assessing accumulation and effects of coal combustion residues (CCR). I provide a brief review of recent advancements, provide a tabulated summary of results of recent work, and put forth recommendations for future studies. One advancement is that mercury accumulation has begun to receive (limited) attention, whereas it had rarely been considered in the past. Additionally, some constituents of CCR have been shown to be accumulated by adults and transferred to offspring, sometimes compromising offspring health. Studies have demonstrated that amphibians, possessing complex life cycles, may accumulate and transfer some contaminants to terrestrial systems. Some study has been given to molecular and cellular effects of CCR exposure, although these studies have been limited to invertebrates. Population models have also been applied to CCR affected systems and have shown that CCR may affect animal populations under some conditions. In light of these advancements, there are several topics that require further assessment. First, more attention to Hg and its dynamics in CCR affected systems is warranted. Hg can be highly accumulative and toxic under some conditions and may interact with other components of CCR (notably Se), perhaps altering accumulation and effects of the contaminant mixtures. Second, further investigation of maternal transfer and effects of CCR contaminants need to be conducted. These studies could benefit from incorporation of quantitative models to project impacts on populations. Finally, more attention to the organic constituents of CCR (PAHs) is required, as a focus on inorganic compounds only may restrict our knowledge of contaminant dynamics and effects as a whole. While further studies will shed light on some chemical and biological nuances of exposure and effect, information available to date from numerous study sites implicates CCR as a bulk effluent that presents risks of bioaccumulation and effects on organisms in aquatic systems.
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- Christopher L Rowe
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, P.O. Box 38, Solomons, MD 20688, United States.
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