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Lewis ASL, Lau MP, Jane SF, Rose KC, Be'eri-Shlevin Y, Burnet SH, Clayer F, Feuchtmayr H, Grossart HP, Howard DW, Mariash H, Delgado Martin J, North RL, Oleksy I, Pilla RM, Smagula AP, Sommaruga R, Steiner SE, Verburg P, Wain D, Weyhenmeyer GA, Carey CC. Anoxia begets anoxia: A positive feedback to the deoxygenation of temperate lakes. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2024; 30:e17046. [PMID: 38273535 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.17046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Declining oxygen concentrations in the deep waters of lakes worldwide pose a pressing environmental and societal challenge. Existing theory suggests that low deep-water dissolved oxygen (DO) concentrations could trigger a positive feedback through which anoxia (i.e., very low DO) during a given summer begets increasingly severe occurrences of anoxia in following summers. Specifically, anoxic conditions can promote nutrient release from sediments, thereby stimulating phytoplankton growth, and subsequent phytoplankton decomposition can fuel heterotrophic respiration, resulting in increased spatial extent and duration of anoxia. However, while the individual relationships in this feedback are well established, to our knowledge, there has not been a systematic analysis within or across lakes that simultaneously demonstrates all of the mechanisms necessary to produce a positive feedback that reinforces anoxia. Here, we compiled data from 656 widespread temperate lakes and reservoirs to analyze the proposed anoxia begets anoxia feedback. Lakes in the dataset span a broad range of surface area (1-126,909 ha), maximum depth (6-370 m), and morphometry, with a median time-series duration of 30 years at each lake. Using linear mixed models, we found support for each of the positive feedback relationships between anoxia, phosphorus concentrations, chlorophyll a concentrations, and oxygen demand across the 656-lake dataset. Likewise, we found further support for these relationships by analyzing time-series data from individual lakes. Our results indicate that the strength of these feedback relationships may vary with lake-specific characteristics: For example, we found that surface phosphorus concentrations were more positively associated with chlorophyll a in high-phosphorus lakes, and oxygen demand had a stronger influence on the extent of anoxia in deep lakes. Taken together, these results support the existence of a positive feedback that could magnify the effects of climate change and other anthropogenic pressures driving the development of anoxia in lakes around the world.
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- Abigail S L Lewis
- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Centre, Technical University of Mining and Resources Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- The Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Migdal, Israel
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Plankton and Microbial Ecology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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- Prince Albert National Park, Parks Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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- Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, New Hampshire, USA
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Byers JE, Blaze JA, Dodd AC, Hall HL, Gribben PE. Exotic asphyxiation: interactions between invasive species and hypoxia. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2023; 98:150-167. [PMID: 36097368 PMCID: PMC10087183 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Non-indigenous species (NIS) and hypoxia (<2 mg O2 l-1 ) can disturb and restructure aquatic communities. Both are heavily influenced by human activities and are intensifying with global change. As these disturbances increase, understanding how they interact to affect native species and systems is essential. To expose patterns, outcomes, and generalizations, we thoroughly reviewed the biological invasion literature and compiled 100 studies that examine the interaction of hypoxia and NIS. We found that 64% of studies showed that NIS are tolerant of hypoxia, and 62% showed that NIS perform better than native species under hypoxia. Only one-quarter of studies examined NIS as creators of hypoxia; thus, NIS are more often considered passengers associated with hypoxia, rather than drivers of it. Paradoxically, the NIS that most commonly create hypoxia are primary producers. Taxa like molluscs are typically more hypoxia tolerant than mobile taxa like fish and crustaceans. Most studies examine individual-level or localized responses to hypoxia; however, the most extensive impacts occur when hypoxia associated with NIS affects communities and ecosystems. We discuss how these influences of hypoxia at higher levels of organization better inform net outcomes of the biological invasion process, i.e. establishment, spread, and impact, and are thus most useful to management. Our review identifies wide variation in the way in which the interaction between hypoxia and NIS is studied in the literature, and suggests ways to address the number of variables that affect their interaction and refine insight gleaned from future studies. We also identify a clear need for resource management to consider the interactive effects of these two global stressors which are almost exclusively managed independently.
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- James E. Byers
- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Odum School of EcologyUniversity of Georgia140 E. Green St.AthensGA30602USA
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- Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental ScienceUniversity of New South WalesRm 4115, Building E26SydneyNew South Wales2052Australia
- Sydney Institute of Marine ScienceChowder Bay RdMosmanNew South Wales2088Australia
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Brown CJM, Curry RA, Gray MA, Lento J, MacLatchy DL, Monk WA, Pavey SA, St-Hilaire A, Wegscheider B, Munkittrick KR. Considering Fish as Recipients of Ecosystem Services Provides a Framework to Formally Link Baseline, Development, and Post-operational Monitoring Programs and Improve Aquatic Impact Assessments for Large Scale Developments. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 70:350-367. [PMID: 35596789 PMCID: PMC9252955 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-022-01665-0] [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: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In most countries, major development projects must satisfy an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process that considers positive and negative aspects to determine if it meets environmental standards and appropriately mitigates or offsets negative impacts on the values being considered. The benefits of before-after-control-impact monitoring designs have been widely known for more than 30 years, but most development assessments fail to effectively link pre- and post-development monitoring in a meaningful way. Fish are a common component of EIA evaluation for both socioeconomic and scientific reasons. The Ecosystem Services (ES) concept was developed to describe the ecosystem attributes that benefit humans, and it offers the opportunity to develop a framework for EIA that is centred around the needs of and benefits from fish. Focusing an environmental monitoring framework on the critical needs of fish could serve to better align risk, development, and monitoring assessment processes. We define the ES that fish provide in the context of two common ES frameworks. To allow for linkages between environmental assessment and the ES concept, we describe critical ecosystem functions from a fish perspective to highlight potential monitoring targets that relate to fish abundance, diversity, health, and habitat. Finally, we suggest how this framing of a monitoring process can be used to better align aquatic monitoring programs across pre-development, development, and post-operational monitoring programs.
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- Carolyn J M Brown
- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada @ Canadian Rivers Institute, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada
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- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Institute of Ecology and Evolution and the Wyss Academy for Nature at the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Swiss Federal Institute of Science and Technology (EAWAG), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland
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- Canadian Rivers Institute, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada.
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
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Urcádiz-Cázares FJ, Cruz-Escalona VH, Peterson MS, Marín-Enriquez E, González-Acosta AF, Martínez-Flores G, Hernández-Carmona GH, Aguilar-Medrano R, Del Pino-Machado A, Ortega-Rubio A. Ecological niche modelling of endemic fish within La Paz Bay: Implications for conservation. J Nat Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.125981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Delage N, Couturier B, Jatteau P, Larcher T, Ledevin M, Goubin H, Cachot J, Rochard E. Oxythermal window drastically constraints the survival and development of European sturgeon early life phases. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:3651-3660. [PMID: 30632040 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-4021-8] [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: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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European sturgeon Acipenser sturio is an anadromous fish species being classified "critically endangered" with only one remaining population in the Gironde-Garonne-Dordogne basin (France). In the global warming context, this paper aims to determine the sensitivity of A. sturio early life phases to temperature and oxygen saturation. Embryos were experimentally exposed to a combination of temperature (12 to 30 °C) and oxygen (30 to 90% O2 saturation) conditions. Lethal and sublethal effects were evaluated using embryonic mortality, hatching success, malformation rate, yolk sac resorption, tissue development and swimming speed. Embryonic survival peaked at 20 °C and no survival was recorded at 30 °C regardless of the associated oxygen saturation. No hatching occurred at 50% O2 sat or below regardless of temperature. Malformation frequency appeared to be minimum at 20 °C and 90% O2 sat. Swimming speed peaked at 16 °C. The temperature optimum of early life phases of A. sturio was determined to be close to 20 °C. Its upper tolerance limit is between 26 and 30 °C and its lower tolerance limit is below 12 °C. Oxygen depletion induces sublethal effects at 70% O2 sat and lethal effects at 50% O2 sat. Within the spawning period in the Gironde-Garonne-Dordogne basin, we identified yearly favourable oxythermal windows. Consequences of climate change would depend of the phenological adaptation of the species for its spawning period.
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- Nicolas Delage
- IRSTEA EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Changes Research Unit, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas, France
- University of Bordeaux, UMR CNRS EPOC 5805, Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire - CS 50023, 33615, Pessac Cedex, France
- Agence Française de la Biodiversité, Pôle Gest'Aqua, 65 rue de St Brieuc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- IRSTEA EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Changes Research Unit, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas, France
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- IRSTEA EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Changes Research Unit, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas, France
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- INRA,UMR 703 APEX, Oniris La Chantrerie, Nantes, France
- LUNAM Université, École nationale vétérinaire, agro-alimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-atlantique (Oniris), Nantes, France
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- INRA,UMR 703 APEX, Oniris La Chantrerie, Nantes, France
- LUNAM Université, École nationale vétérinaire, agro-alimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-atlantique (Oniris), Nantes, France
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- INRA,UMR 703 APEX, Oniris La Chantrerie, Nantes, France
- LUNAM Université, École nationale vétérinaire, agro-alimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-atlantique (Oniris), Nantes, France
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- University of Bordeaux, UMR CNRS EPOC 5805, Allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire - CS 50023, 33615, Pessac Cedex, France
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- IRSTEA EABX, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Changes Research Unit, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612, Cestas, France.
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Huml JV, Harris WE, Taylor MI, Sen R, Prudhomme C, Ellis JS. Pollution control can help mitigate future climate change impact on European grayling in the UK. DIVERS DISTRIB 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- J. Vanessa Huml
- School of Science & Environment Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK
- School of Biological and Marine Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth UK
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- Crop and Environment Sciences Harper Adams University Edgmond UK
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- School of Biological Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich UK
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- School of Science & Environment Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester UK
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- School of Biological and Marine Sciences University of Plymouth Plymouth UK
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Negri AP, Smith RA, King O, Frangos J, Warne MSJ, Uthicke S. Adjusting Tropical Marine Water Quality Guideline Values for Elevated Ocean Temperatures. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020; 54:1102-1110. [PMID: 31845576 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Increased frequency of summer heatwaves and poor water quality are two of the most prevalent and severe pressures faced by coral reefs. While these pressures often co-occur, their potential risks to tropical marine species are usually considered independently. Here, we extended the application of multisubstance-Potentially Affected Fraction (ms-PAF) to a nonchemical stressor, elevated sea surface temperature. We then applied this method to calculate climate-adjusted water quality guideline values (GVs) for two reference toxicants, copper and the herbicide diuron, for tropical marine species. First, we developed a species sensitivity distribution (SSD) for thermal stress based on published experimental data for 41 tropical benthic marine species using methods adapted from water quality GV derivation. This enabled quantitative predictions of community effects as temperatures exceeded acclimation values. The resulting protective temperature values (PTx) were similar to temperatures known to initiate coral bleaching and are therefore relevant for application in multistressor risk assessments. The extended ms-PAF method enabled the adjustment of current water quality GVs to account for thermal stress events. This approach could be applied to other ecosystems and other non-contaminant stressors (e.g., sediment, low salinity, anoxia, and ocean acidification), offering an alternative approach for deriving environmental GVs, reporting and assessing the risk posed by multiple stressors.
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- Andrew P Negri
- Australian Institute of Marine Science , Townsville , Queensland 4810 , Australia
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- Office of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Department of Environment and Science , Brisbane , Queensland 4001 , Australia
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- Australian Rivers Institute-Coast and Estuaries, School of Environment and Science , Griffith University , Gold Coast , Queensland 4215 , Australia
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- Office of the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Department of Environment and Science , Brisbane , Queensland 4001 , Australia
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science , University of Queensland , St. Lucia , Queensland 4072 , Australia
- Department of Environment and Science , Brisbane , Queensland 4001 , Australia
- Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience , Coventry University , Coventry , West Midlands CV1 5FB , U.K
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science , Townsville , Queensland 4810 , Australia
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Saari GN, Corrales J, Haddad SP, Chambliss CK, Brooks BW. Influence of Diltiazem on Fathead Minnows Across Dissolved Oxygen Gradients. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2018; 37:2835-2850. [PMID: 30055012 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 06/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Water resources in many arid to semi-arid regions are stressed by population growth and drought. Growing populations and climatic changes are influencing contaminant and water chemistry dynamics in urban inland waters, where flows can be dominated by, or even dependent on, wastewater effluent discharge. In these watersheds, interacting stressors such as dissolved oxygen and environmental contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals) have the potential to affect fish physiology and populations. Recent field observations from our group identified the calcium channel blocker (CCB) diltiazem in fish plasma exceeding human therapeutic doses (e.g., Cmin ) in aquatic systems impaired because of nonattainment of dissolved oxygen water quality standards. Therefore our study objectives examined: 1) standard acute and chronic effects of dissolved oxygen and diltiazem to fish, 2) influences of dissolved oxygen at criteria levels deemed protective of aquatic life on diltiazem toxicity to fish, and 3) whether sublethal effects occur at diltiazem water concentrations predicted to cause a human therapeutic level (therapeutic hazard value [THV]) in fish plasma. Dissolved oxygen × diltiazem co-exposures significantly decreased survival at typical stream, lake, and reservoir water quality standards of 5.0 and 3.0 mg dissolved oxygen/L. Dissolved oxygen and diltiazem growth effects were observed at 2 times and 10 times lower than median lethal concentration (LC50) values (1.7 and 28.2 mg/L, respectively). Larval fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) swimming behavior following low dissolved oxygen and diltiazem exposure generally decreased and was significantly reduced in light-to-dark bursting distance traveled, number of movements, and duration at concentrations as low as the THV. Individual and population level consequences of such responses are not yet understood, particularly in older organisms or other species; however, these findings suggest that assessments with pharmaceuticals and other cardioactive contaminants may underestimate adverse outcomes in fish across dissolved oxygen levels considered protective of aquatic life. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2835-2850. © 2018 SETAC.
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- Gavin N Saari
- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
- Institute of Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA
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Collas FPL, Buijse AD, Hendriks AJ, Velde G, Leuven RSEW. Sensitivity of native and alien freshwater bivalve species in Europe to climate‐related environmental factors. Ecosphere 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Frank P. L. Collas
- Department of Environmental Science Institute in Water and Wetland Research Radboud University P.O. Box 9010 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Exotic Species (NEC‐E) Nature Plaza P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology Institute for Water and Wetland Research Radboud University P.O. Box 9010 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Department of Freshwater Ecology and Water Quality Deltares P.O. Box 177, 2600 MH Delft The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science Institute in Water and Wetland Research Radboud University P.O. Box 9010 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Exotic Species (NEC‐E) Nature Plaza P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology Institute for Water and Wetland Research Radboud University P.O. Box 9010 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Exotic Species (NEC‐E) Nature Plaza P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
- Department of Animal Ecology and Physiology Institute for Water and Wetland Research Radboud University P.O. Box 9010 6500 GL Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Saari GN, Wang Z, Brooks BW. Revisiting inland hypoxia: diverse exceedances of dissolved oxygen thresholds for freshwater aquatic life. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:3139-3150. [PMID: 28401394 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8908-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Water resources in many regions are stressed by impairments resulting from climate change, population growth and urbanization. In the United States (US), water quality criteria (WQC) and standards (WQS) were established to protect surface waters and associated designated uses, including aquatic life. In inland waters of the south central US, for example, depressed dissolved oxygen (DO) consistently results in impaired aquatic systems due to noncompliance with DO WQC and WQS. In the present study, we systematically examined currently available DO threshold data for freshwater fish and invertebrates and performed probabilistic aquatic hazard assessments with low DO toxicity data that were used to derive the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Ambient Water Quality Criteria (AWQC) for DO and newly published information. Aquatic hazard assessments predicted acute invertebrate DO thresholds for Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, or Trichoptera (EPT) taxa and species inhabiting lotic systems to be more sensitive than fish. For example, these organisms were predicted to have acute low DO toxicity thresholds exceeding the US EPA guidelines 17, 26, 31 and 38% and 13, 24, 30 and 39% of the time at 8.0, 5.0, 4.0 and 3.0 mg DO/L, respectively. Based on our analysis, it appears possible that low DO effects to freshwater organisms have been underestimated. We also identified influences of temperature on low DO thresholds and pronounced differences in implementation and assessment of the US EPA AWQC among habitats, seasons, and geographic regions. These results suggest some implemented DO guidelines may adversely affect the survival, growth, and reproduction of freshwater aquatic organisms in a region susceptible to climate change and rapid population growth. Given the global decline of species, particularly invertebrates, low DO threshold information, including sublethal (e.g., reproduction, behavior) responses, for additional species (e.g., mollusks, other invertebrates, warm water fish) across seasons, habitats, and life history stages using consistent experimental designs is needed to support more sustainable environmental assessment efforts and management of biodiversity protection goals in inland waters.
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- Gavin N Saari
- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place No. 97266, Waco, TX, 76798-7266, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place No. 97266, Waco, TX, 76798-7266, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place No. 97266, Waco, TX, 76798-7266, USA.
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Sehr M, Keckeis H. Habitat use of the European mudminnow Umbra krameri and association with other fish species in a disconnected Danube side arm. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2017; 91:1072-1093. [PMID: 28901010 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13402] [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: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fish assemblages along the longitudinal course of an old, disconnected and modified side arm of the Danube floodplain downstream of Vienna, Austria, as well as habitat structure, hydro-morphological and hydro-chemical factors, were investigated in order to analyse the key environmental determinants of the European mudminnow Umbra krameri. Generally, U. krameri was the most abundant species in the system. It occurred in disconnected ditches, ponds and pools with dense reed belts and comparatively low nutrient content, indicating its natural association with marsh habitats. At infrequently disturbed sites it was associated with a small group of stagnophilious and highly specialized species with adaptations to strong oxygen fluctuations. At frequently flooded sites, the species was absent or occurred in low abundances, indicating its adaptation to water bodies in older successional stages and its low competitive power in permanently connected floodplain habitats.
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- M Sehr
- University of Vienna, Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Schreiber B, Petrenz M, Monka J, Drozd B, Hollert H, Schulz R. Weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis) as a new species for toxicity testing? AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2017; 183:46-53. [PMID: 27992775 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Selection of appropriate test species is a critical issue when assessing effects of environmental contamination on fish because the ecological relevance of commonly used test species might be restricted due to their exotic origin. In the present study, a European freshwater fish with frequent occurrence in agricultural areas is suggested as a potential alternative: the European weatherfish (Misgurnus fossilis). Its suitability for acute embryo toxicity tests (FET) was investigated with regard to practical implementation, sensitivity to contaminants and tolerance against environmental conditions of concern. For this purpose, weatherfish embryos were exposed (72h) to the reference substance 3,4-dichloroaniline (DCA) in three independent tests. Furthermore, the effects of dissolved oxygen (DO) deficiency on weatherfish embryos were studied to evaluate their suitability e.g. for sediment bioassays. Obtained results revealed that the sensitivity of weatherfish embryos towards DCA (72 h-EC50=0.52mg/l; 72 h-LC50=0.71mg/l) was highest compared to other species and three times higher than that reported for the commonly used zebrafish (Danio rerio). Even though knowledge of DO requirements during the embryonic period of European fish species is scarce, weatherfish can be stated as one of the most tolerant native species (LC90 for DO=0.53mg/l after 48h exposure plus 72h post-exposure). Its high ecological relevance for Europe, the particular sensitivity towards DCA and high tolerance against DO depletion highlight the potential of weatherfish as additional species for toxicity testing.
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- Benjamin Schreiber
- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany.
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- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany
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- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, FFPW USB, CENAKVA, IAPW, Husova tř. 458/102, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, 76829 Landau, Germany
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Del Signore A, Hendriks AJ, Lenders HJR, Leuven RSEW, Breure AM. Development and application of the SSD approach in scientific case studies for ecological risk assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2016; 35:2149-2161. [PMID: 27144499 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 11/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) are used in ecological risk assessment for extrapolation of the results of toxicity tests with single species to a toxicity threshold considered protective of ecosystem structure and functioning. The attention to and importance of the SSD approach has increased in scientific and regulatory communities since the 1990s. Discussion and criticism have been triggered on the concept of the approach as well as its technical aspects (e.g., distribution type, number of toxicity endpoints). Various questions remain unanswered, especially with regard to different endpoints, statistical methods, and protectiveness of threshold levels, for example. In the present literature review (covering the period 2002-2013), case studies are explored in which the SSD approach was applied, as well as how endpoint types, species choice, and data availability affect SSDs. How statistical methods may be used to construct reliable SSDs and whether the lower 5th percentile hazard concentrations (HC5s) from a generic SSD can be protective for a specific local community are also investigated. It is shown that estimated protective concentrations were determined by taxonomic groups rather than the statistical method used to construct the distribution. Based on comparisons between semifield and laboratory-based SSDs, the output from a laboratory SSD was protective of semifield communities in the majority of studies. Environ Toxicol Chem 2016;35:2149-2161. © 2016 SETAC.
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- Anastasia Del Signore
- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Tekere M, Sibanda T, Maphangwa KW. An assessment of the physicochemical properties and toxicity potential of carwash effluents from professional carwash outlets in Gauteng Province, South Africa. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:11876-11884. [PMID: 26957430 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6370-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The assessment of the quality of carwash effluents has received scant attention as a potential source of public and environmental health hazard in South Africa as demonstrated by the lack of literature in this subject. The physicochemical quality and potential ramifications of carwash effluents on receiving waterbodies were investigated in this study. Grab effluent samples were collected from six carwash outlets in Gauteng Province of South Africa and analysed for selected physicochemical qualities including biological oxygen demand (BOD), oil and grease, total petroleum hydrocarbons-gasoline range organics (TPH-GRO), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), total solids (TS) and total dissolved solids (TDS), electrical conductivity (EC), nutrients (nitrates, nitrites and phosphates), anionic surfactants and heavy metals (zinc [Zn], copper [Cu], lead [Pb] and chromium [Cr]). Further, the toxicity potential of the effluent samples was assessed using organisms from four trophic levels ranging from Selenastrum capricornutum (primary producer), Daphnia magna (primary consumer), Poecilia reticulata (secondary-tertiary consumer) and Vibrio fischeri (decomposer). High pollutant levels were observed in all effluents with BOD ranging from 27 ± 2.1 to 650 ± 4.9 mg/l, TDS from 362 ± 8.5 to 686 ± 8.5 mg/l, GRO-TPH from 0.01 ± 0.0 to 7.6 ± 0.2 mg/l, DO from 0.0 to 0.1 mg/l, Zn from 0.79 ± 0.08 to 20 ± 2.12 mg/l, Cu from 0.77 ± 0.03 to 13 ± 0.71 mg/l and oil and grease from 12 ± 2.8 to 43 ± 2.1 mg/l. Ammonium concentrations ranged from 0.4 ± 0.1 to 75 ± 6.4 mg/l; turbidity from 109 ± 0.7 to 4000 ± 29.7 mg/l, anionic surfactants from 1.4 ± 0.1 to 5.8 ± 0.3 mg/l and TPH from <0.01 to 7.6 mg/l. Toxicity assessment assays resulted in 100 % mortality for fish and Daphnia after 96 and 24 h, respectively, and significant bioluminescence and growth reduction in V. fischeri and algae after 15 min and 72 h, respectively. Most of the measured physicochemical parameters were in concentrations above the Environmental Management Agency (EPA) stipulated guidelines. Additionally, the effluents demonstrated acute toxicity against all four test species.
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- Memory Tekere
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (Science Campus), P.O. Box X6, Florida, 1710, South Africa.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (Science Campus), P.O. Box X6, Florida, 1710, South Africa
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa (Science Campus), P.O. Box X6, Florida, 1710, South Africa
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Bewick S, Li B, Duquette T, Fagan WF. How Oviposition Behavior Determines Persistence in Small Patches and Changing Climates. Am Nat 2015; 186:237-51. [PMID: 26655152 DOI: 10.1086/681987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Habitat loss and climate change jointly threaten a large fraction of earth's biodiversity. A key goal is to understand how these threats play out differentially across species. Focusing on insects that undergo an ontogenetic shift in habitat requirements, we use critical patch size models to examine how breeding strategy influences the abilities of different kinds of species to persist in small habitat patches. In general, we find that income breeders require larger habitat patches for population persistence than do capital breeders. However, increases in patch size requirements as a result of factors that limit oviposition (e.g., resource availability, weather conditions) are more severe for capital breeders than for income breeders. From a conservation perspective, our work suggests that a species' sensitivity to habitat loss, both today and in the future, can depend critically on evolved behavioral strategies. Explicit consideration of such behavioral strategies, including a careful accounting of their relationship with dispersal and survival, provides a map linking life-history spectra, spatial requirements, and management.
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- Sharon Bewick
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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