Bioaccumulation of cadmium by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus (L.) from aqueous and dietary sources

Hattum, B. van; Voogt, P. de; Bosch, Laura van den; Straalen, Nico M. van; Joosse, Els N. G.; Govers, H.A.J.

doi:10.1016/0269-7491(89)90183-8

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“…This result is in good agreement with that reported for the crab Portumus pelagicus (McPHERSON and BROWN, 2001). Food has been found to be an important source of cadmium for crustaceans (VAN HATTUM et al, 1989;REINFELDER and FISHER, 1991;BARATA et al, 2002) with assimilation efficiencies ranging from 1 to 30%. In Cherax destructor, cadmium concentration in the muscle of juveniles and adults and in the exoskeleton of juveniles were definitely lower than in the sediment and in the plants, which indicates that these animals actively eliminate the metal.…”

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Detection of Heavy Metals in Farmed Cherax Destructor

Bruno

Volpe

Luise

et al. 2006

Bull. Fr. Pêche Piscic.

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Crayfish utilize aquatic plants as a food source and may concentrate pollutants, such as heavy metals. Monitoring the possible heavy metal presence in crayfish edible tissues is therefore important since crayfish can be part of the human diet. In this study we have analysed specimens of Cherax destructor of two different sizes coming from a crayfish farm, with respect to heavy metal (lead, copper, cadmium, chromium, zinc) concentrations in the muscle, hepatopancreas and exoskeleton. Furthermore, the metal concentrations were determined in water, sediment and in plants.Our data show that the contents of lead, copper, cadmium, chromium and zinc, are higher in the tissues with respect to water, indicating in some cases their bioaccumulation in Cherax destructor. The content of lead and zinc in sediment and plants the animals feed on, was higher than in tissues and organs, suggesting that biomagnification does not occur for these heavy metals. Copper and chromium show biomagnification in all tissues, while cadmium only in the hepatopancreas. Key-words:Cherax destructor, heavy metals, bioaccumulation, biomagnification. DÉTERMINATION DE MÉTAUX LOURDS DANS L'ÉCREVISSE CHERAX DESTRUCTOR EN ÉLEVAGE RÉSUMÉLes écrevisses s'aliment de plantes aquatiques. En conséquence, ils peuvent accumuler des substances polluantes comme les métaux lourds. Analyser la présence éventuelle de métaux lourds dans la part comestible des écrevisses est donc important, car ils sont utilisés pour l'alimentation humaine. Dans ce travail nous avons évalué la présence de métaux lourds (plomb, cuivre, cadmium, chrome et zinc) dans le muscle, dans l'hépatopancréas et dans l'exosquelette de l'espèce d'élevage Cherax destructor. Les organismes étudiés ont été répartis en deux groupes sur la base de leur taille. De plus, nous avons évalué la présence de métaux lourds dans l'eau, dans le sédiment et dans la végétation aquatique. Nos données montrent que la concentration en plomb,

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Detection of Heavy Metals in Farmed Cherax Destructor

Bruno

Volpe

Luise

et al. 2006

Bull. Fr. Pêche Piscic.

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“…data) on metal assimilation efficiency, such differences among studies are to be expected. Literature values for Cd assimilation efficiencies by other freshwater invertebrates vary from being similar to those we measured for C. punctipennis, i.e., 1% and 4% for the detritivorous crustacean Asellus aquaticus (van Hattum et al 1989) and the predatory insect Mystacides spp. (Timmermans et al 1992), respectively, to being much higher than those we measured, i.e., 61% and 80% for periphyton-feeding Hyalella azteca (Stephenson and Turner 1993) and the predatory mite Limnesia maculata (Timmermans et al 1992), respectively.…”

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Cadmium sources and exchange rates for Chaoborus larvae in nature

Munger

Hare

Tessier

1999

Limnology & Oceanography

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Although freshwater insects are known to accumulate trace metals in the laboratory from both water and food, the relative importance of metal sources for these animals, as well as the rate at which they take up and eliminate their metal, has not been measured in nature. We describe a novel in situ approach that allowed us to determine that trophic transfer is the main source of cadmium for larvae of a common lake-dwelling animal, the phantom midge Chaoborus punctipennis. We transferred C. punctipennis larvae from a low-cadmium to a high-cadmium lake, where they were exposed in 64-m-mesh mesocosms to the prevailing high-Cd concentrations in water and to various quantities of prey collected from the Cd-rich lake. Our experimental design ensured exposure of C. punctipennis larvae to realistic Cd concentrations in water and in a natural mixture of prey types. Our results indicate that larvae take up their Cd mainly from prey. Thus models of metal dynamics and effects on these invertebrates are likely to be more realistic if they include food as a metal source. Using the same mesh mesocosm design, we also determined that C. punctipennis larvae transferred from a high-Cd to a low-Cd lake lost their Cd slowly. Combining our information on Cd uptake and loss from C. punctipennis allowed us to model Cd exchange between this insect and its surroundings.

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“…Field studies suggested that Cd uptake from solution can be important for deposit-feeding bivalves and polychaetes in English estuaries (Bryan & Langston 1992) and bivalves in lakes from Quebec, Canada (Tessier et al 1993). On the other hand Cd uptake from food by aquatic organisms has also been demonstrated (Sick & Baptist 1979, Wikfors & Ukeles 1982, Borchardt 1983, van Hattum et al 1989, Timmermans et al 1992. Most of the experimental studies have employed living food sources (Amiard 1992).…”

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Humic and fulvic acids: sink or source in the availability of metals to the marine bivalves Macoma balthica and Potamocorbula amurensis?

Decho¹,

Luoma²

1994

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Humic acids (HA) and fulvic acids (FA) are common forms of organic matter in marine sedirnents, and are routinely ingested by deposit-and suspension-feeding animals. These compounds may be a sink for metals, implying that once metals are bound to humic substances they are no longer available to food webs. A series of experiments was conducted to quantitatively examine this premise using 2 estuarine bivalves from San Francisco Bay, USA: the suspension feeder Potarnocorbula arnurensis and the facultative deposit feeder Macoma balthica. HA and FA, isolated from marine sediments, were bound as organic coatings to either hydrous ferric oxides (HFO) or silica particles. Cd and Cr(II1) were adsorbed to the organic coatings or directly to uncoated HFO and silica particles. Pulse-chase laboratory feeding expenments using '"'Cd and "Cr(III) were then conducted to determine absorption efficiencies of Cd and Cr for individual specimens using each of the partlcle types. The results demonstrated that: (1) absorption of Cr(I1I) from all types of non-living particles was consistently low (< 11%). Ingested Cd showed greater bioavailability than Cr(IIl), perhaps due to differences in metal chemistry.(2) Bivalves absorbed Cd bound to uncoated HFO or silica particles (i.e. with no HA or FA present). (3) The presence of organic coatings on part~cles reduced Cd bioavailabhty compared with uncoated particles. (4) Both geochemical and biological conditions affected the food chain transfer of Cd. The data suggest that in marine systems inorganic and organic-coated particles are predominantly a sink for Cr in sediments. In the transfer of Cd to consumer animals, inorganic particles and humic substances can act as a link (although not a highly efficient one) under oxidized conditions.

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Bioaccumulation of cadmium by the freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus (L.) from aqueous and dietary sources

Cited by 79 publications

References 43 publications

Detection of Heavy Metals in Farmed Cherax Destructor

Detection of Heavy Metals in Farmed Cherax Destructor

Cadmium sources and exchange rates for Chaoborus larvae in nature

Humic and fulvic acids: sink or source in the availability of metals to the marine bivalves Macoma balthica and Potamocorbula amurensis?

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