The effects of winter cold acclimation on acute and chronic cadmium bioaccumulation and toxicity in the banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus).
Aquat Toxicol
; 262: 106667, 2023 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Temperate freshwater fishes can experience large seasonal temperature fluctuations that could affect their exposure and sensitivity to trace metals. Yet, temperature effects are overlooked in ecotoxicology studies, especially for cold temperatures typical of the winter. In the present study, the effects of long-term cold acclimation on Cd bioaccumulation and toxicity were investigated in a freshwater fish, the banded killifish (Fundulus diaphanus). Killifish were acclimated to 14 °C or gradually cooled (2 °C/week) to 4 °C and cold acclimated for 6 weeks. Then, both acclimation groups were exposed to environmentally realistic waterborne Cd concentrations (0, 0.5 or 5 µg Cd L-1) for a further 28 d at their respective acclimation temperatures. Tissue metal bioaccumulation, fish survival, condition, and markers of oxidative and ionoregulation stress, were measured after 0, 2, 5 and 28 days of Cd exposure. Cadmium tissue accumulation increased over the exposure duration and was typically lower in cold-acclimated fish. In agreement with this lower bioaccumulation, fewer Cd toxic effects were observed in cold-acclimated fish. There was little evidence of a difference in intrinsic Cd sensitivity between 4 °C- and 14 °C-acclimated fish, as Cd toxicity appeared to closely follow Cd bioaccumulation. Our study suggests that current environmental water quality guidelines would be protective in the winter for the abundant and ecologically-important banded killifish.
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Contaminantes Químicos del Agua
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Peces Killi
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Fundulidae
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Animals
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Aquat Toxicol
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BIOLOGIA
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TOXICOLOGIA
Año:
2023
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Article
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Canadá