Acute toxicity of ammonia to four species of marine amphipod

Kohn, Nancy P.; Word, J.Q.; Niyogi, Dev K.; Dillon, Thomas E.; Moore, David W.

doi:10.1016/0141-1136(94)90042-6

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“…The 96-h LC50 of Cd for G. japonica in the present study lies within the range of the LC50s for the same species studied in the literature, which varied in the range from 0.3-3 mg/L (Kohn et al 1994;Boese et al 1997;ASTM 1999). The most Cd LC50s for A. abdita were lower than those for other amphipods, and the sensitivity of G. Swartz et al (1990) japonica to Cd was generally comparable to R. abronius, L. plumulosus and M. acherusicum.…”

Section: Toxicity Of Metals Tbt and Ammoniasupporting

confidence: 55%

“…They are also found along the Pacific coastal areas located around Japan, Australia and North America (Moore 1986;Nipper 1989). G. japonica was suggested as a test species for sediment toxicity tests in the USA, because it could tolerate a variety of sediment types (sands, silts, or clays) and other environmental conditions such as temperature and salinity, and also it showed the relevant sensitivity to the reference toxicant, Cd and some field contaminated sediments (Nipper 1989;Kohn et al 1994). G. japonica *Corresponding author.…”

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Acute toxicity of heavy metals, tributyltin, ammonia and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to benthic amphipodgrandidierella japonica

Lee¹,

Lee²,

Park

2005

Ocean Sci. J.

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-Benthic amphipod, Grandidierella japonica widely inhabits the Korean coastal waters and is developed as a standard test species for sediment toxicity tests. We exposed G. japonica to various pollutants including 4 kinds of inorganic metals (Ag, Cd, Cu and Hg), tributyltin [TBT], ammonia and 7 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds (acenaphthene, chrysene, fluoranthene, fluorene, naphthalene, phenanthrene and pyrene) to estimate the no observed effect concentration (NOEC) and the median lethal concentration (LC50) of each pollutant during the 96-hour acute exposure. Among all tested pollutants, TBT was most toxic to G. japonica, and Hg was most toxic among inorganic metals. The toxicity of pyrene to G. japonica was greatest among PAH compounds, followed by fluoranthene, phenanathrene, acenaphthene, fluorene and naphthalene. The toxicity of PAH compounds was closely related to their physico-chemical characteristics such as K ow and water solubility. G. japonica responded adequately to pollutant concentrations and exposure durations, and the sensitivity of G. japonica to various inorganic and organic pollutants was generally comparable to other amphipods used as standard test species in ecotoxicological studies, indicating this species can be applied in the assessment of environments polluted by various harmful substances.

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Section: Toxicity Of Metals Tbt and Ammoniasupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acute toxicity of heavy metals, tributyltin, ammonia and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to benthic amphipodgrandidierella japonica

Lee¹,

Lee²,

Park

2005

Ocean Sci. J.

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“…Traditional TIE methods Norberg-King et al, 1991 have recommended conducting toxicity tests at differing pHs to characterize pH dependent toxicity. However, in addition to ammonia toxicity being sensitive to Ž pH, metals Miller et al, 1990;Kohn et al, 1994; . Schubauer-Berigan et al, 1995 and organic acids Ž .…”

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pH dependent toxicity of five metals to three marine organisms

Kuhn

Pelletier

et al. 1999

Environ. Toxicol.

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The pH of natural marine systems is relatively stable; this may explain why metal toxicity changes with pH have not been well documented. However, changes in metal toxicity with pH in marine waters are of concern in toxicity testing. During porewater toxicity testing pH can change 1–2 units as porewater is transferred from in situ to a test container. These changes in pH may alter metal toxicity. Also, deliberately altering the sample pH is an important toxicity identification and evaluations (TIE) manipulation designed to detect changes in ammonia toxicity. If altering pH also changes metal toxicity, this may confound interpretation of TIE manipulation results. This study demonstrates that alteration of pH can also change the toxicity of Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Zn to Mysidopsis bahia (mysid), Ampelisca abdita (amphipod) and Vibrio fischerii [Microtox solid phase test (MSP)]. Changes in toxicity with respect to pH were metal and organism specific with the following trends. For the MSP assay, as pH decreased there was a decrease in toxicity for Pb, Ni, Cd, and Zn and an increase in toxicity for Cu. For mysids, as pH decreased, there was a decrease in toxicity for Pb and an increase in toxicity for Cu and Ni. For amphipods, Cu was the only metal that showed decreased toxicity with decreasing pH; the toxicity of all other metals for amphipods remained constant. Results of this study indicate changes in metal toxicity with respect to pH must be considered for porewater testing and TIE interpretation. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Environ Toxicol 14: 235–240, 1999

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“…The development of sediment toxicity tests with amphipods (Kohn et al, 1994, Moore et al, 1997 and the bivalve Mulinia lateralis (Huber at al., 1997) using mortality and growth as endpoints have provided information on tolerance to ammonia, but none has examined the effects of ambient ammonia on the physiological responses that can lead to decreased performance and ultimately death.…”

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confidence: 99%