An assessment of sediment toxicity in the River Tyne Estuary, UK by means of bioassays

Matthiessen, Peter; Bifield, S.; Jarrett, F.; Kirby, Mark F.; Law, Robin; McMinn, W.R.; Sheahan, Dave; Thain, John E.; Whale, Graham

doi:10.1016/s0141-1136(96)00098-0

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“…For all treatments, the day 21 of exposure shows higher mortality of Arenicola than the day 10. Survival results for Arenicola show substantial variability among replicates which has been already observed in previous studies (Matthiessen et al 1998). Other authors obtained differences in tolerance to toxicants, including PAHs, depending on the polychaete specie (Bach et al 2005) whereas low percentages of oil contaminated sediment inhibited Arenicola feeding almost completely (Grant and Briggs 2002).…”

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Using the polychaete Arenicola marina to determine toxicity and bioaccumulation of PAHS bound to sediments

Morales‐Caselles

Ramos

Riba

et al. 2007

Environ Monit Assess

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The present study was conducted to evaluate a sediment toxicity and bioavailability test with the polychaete Arenicola marina as a potential tool to assess sediments contaminated by oil spills. A bioassay using the lugworm Arenicola marina was carried out in order to determine toxicity and bioaccumulation associated with the contaminants present in the fuel oil extracted from a sank tanker. After 10 and 21 days of exposure to sediments with different proportions of fuel oil (0.5, 1, 2, 4 and 8%) polychaetes were sampled to determine the mortality and the levels of individual PAHs in the organisms. During the experiment, mortality was recorded and the concentration (percentage of fuel oil) that provokes the mortality of the 50% of the Arenicola marina population exposed was calculated for both sampling dates (LC50(10) = 6.4%; LC50(21) = 2.4%). Bioaccumulation was mainly produced for fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and benzo(k)fluoranthene, whereas phenantrene and anthracene where initially accumulated and then metabolized. The results obtained in the present study suggest Arenicola marina can be a suitable species for assessing PAHs toxicity and bioaccumulation as part of oil spill management.

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Using the polychaete Arenicola marina to determine toxicity and bioaccumulation of PAHS bound to sediments

Morales‐Caselles

Ramos

Riba

et al. 2007

Environ Monit Assess

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“…A comprehensive assessment of potential sediment toxicity consequently requires the consideration of multiple exposure phases. In addition, the use of a battery of test species, from various phyla and representing multiple trophic levels, has been advocated by a number of researchers (Dutka et al, 1989;Giesy and Hoke, 1989;Matthiessen et al, 1998;Nendza, 2002), as testing of single or few organisms may not detect contaminants with a specific mode of action.…”

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A Test Battery Approach for the Ecotoxicological Evaluation of Estuarine Sediments

Davoren¹,

Shúilleabháin²,

Halloran

et al. 2005

Ecotoxicology

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the overall sensitivity and applicability of a number of bioassays representing multiple trophic levels, for the preliminary ecotoxicological screening (Tier I) of estuarine sediments. Chemical analyses were conducted on sediments from all sampling sites to assist in interpreting results. As sediment is an inherently complex, heterogeneous geological matrix, the toxicity associated with different exposure routes (solid, porewater and elutriate phases) was also assessed. A stimulatory response was detected following exposure of some sediment phases to both the Microtox and algal bioassays. Of the bioassays and endpoints employed in this study, the algal test was the most responsive to both elutriates and porewaters. Salinity controls, which corresponded to the salinity of the neat porewater samples, were found to have significant effects on the growth of the algae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the inclusion of a salinity control in algal toxicity tests, the results of which emphasise the importance of incorporating appropriate controls in experimental design. While differential responses were observed, the site characterised as the most polluted on the basis of chemical analysis was consistently ranked the most toxic with all test species and all test phases. In terms of identifying appropriate Tier I screening tests for sediments, this study demonstrated both the Microtox and algal bioassays to be more sensitive than the bacterial enzyme assays and the invertebrate lethality assay employing Artemia salina. The findings of this study highlight that salinity effects and geophysical properties need to be taken into account when interpreting the results of the bioassays.

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“…Acute static survival tests with benthic (Tisbe battagliai) and planktonic (Acartia tonsa) copepods have been proposed to assess the biological quality of sediment elutriates (Matthiessen et al, 1998). Detailed methods are available (Hatchinson and Williams, 1989;UNEP, 1989).…”

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The Distribution of the MusselMytilusSpecies Along the Norwegian Coast

Brooks

Farmen

2013

Journal of Shellfish Research

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An assessment of sediment toxicity in the River Tyne Estuary, UK by means of bioassays

Cited by 82 publications

References 11 publications

Using the polychaete Arenicola marina to determine toxicity and bioaccumulation of PAHS bound to sediments

Using the polychaete Arenicola marina to determine toxicity and bioaccumulation of PAHS bound to sediments

A Test Battery Approach for the Ecotoxicological Evaluation of Estuarine Sediments

The Distribution of the MusselMytilusSpecies Along the Norwegian Coast

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