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Method for assessing the chronic toxicity of marine and estuarine sediment-associated contaminants using the amphipod Corophium volutator.
Scarlett, A; Rowland, S J; Canty, M; Smith, E L; Galloway, T S.
  • Scarlett A; School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, United Kingdom.
Mar Environ Res ; 63(5): 457-70, 2007 Jun.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17291579
ABSTRACT
Acute sediment toxicity tests do not test key life stage events such as moulting and reproduction and therefore do not reveal the longer-term effects of contaminant exposure. A laboratory method is described for determining the chronic toxicity of contaminants associated with whole sediments. The test is conducted using neonates of the estuarine amphipod Corophium volutator at 15 degrees C, salinity 25 psu and a 12 h light12 h dark photoperiod. The endpoints are survival and growth after 28 days and survival, growth and reproduction of amphipods upon termination of test i.e. reproduction within all control vessels (ca 75 days). The sediment chronic toxicity test was used to investigate the effects of sediments spiked with environmentally relevant preparations of slightly weathered Alaskan North Slope crude oil, including a water-accommodated-fraction (WAF) and a chemically-dispersed (Corexit 9527) WAF. Sediment oil concentrations were quantified using ultra-violet fluorescence. The amphipods exposed to chemically dispersed oil had higher mortality and lower growth rates than control-, Corexit 9527- and WAF-exposed organisms, resulting in reduced reproduction. The described method supplements the standard acute sediment test and would be particularly useful when long-term ecological effects are suspected but acute tests reveal no significant mortality. The sediment chronic test reported herein has shown that sediment that was not evidently toxic during 10-day acute tests could have population-level effects on sediment-dwelling amphipods.
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Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Agua de Mar / Petróleo / Monitoreo del Ambiente / Sedimentos Geológicos / Pruebas de Toxicidad Aguda / Anfípodos / Contaminantes Ambientales Tipo de estudio: Risk_factors_studies Límite: Animals Idioma: En Año: 2007 Tipo del documento: Article
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Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Agua de Mar / Petróleo / Monitoreo del Ambiente / Sedimentos Geológicos / Pruebas de Toxicidad Aguda / Anfípodos / Contaminantes Ambientales Tipo de estudio: Risk_factors_studies Límite: Animals Idioma: En Año: 2007 Tipo del documento: Article