Differentiating Between Direct (Physiological) and Food-Chain Mediated (Bioenergetic) Effects on Fish in Metal-Impacted Lakes

Campbell, Peter G. C.; Hontela, Alice; Rasmussen, Joseph B.; Giguère, Anik; Gravel, Amélie; Kraemer, Lisa; Kovesces, Jennifer; Lacroix, A.; Levesque, Haude; Sherwood, Graham D.

doi:10.1080/713610012

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“…Several studies have reported that yellow perch tissue metal concentrations are influenced by environmental contamination (Brodeur et al 1997;Laflamme et al 2000;Levesque et al 2002;Campbell et al 2003;Couture and Rajotte 2003;Pyle et al 2005;Couture et al 2008a). A number of reports also indicate that metal-contaminated wild yellow perch suffer a range of metabolic and energetic impairments, including an impaired cortisol stress response (Hontela et al 1996;Brodeur et al 1997;Laflamme et al 2000;Lacroix and Hontela 2004), bioenergetics (Sherwood et al …”

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Live Fast and Die Young: Metal Effects on Condition and Physiology of Wild Yellow Perch from along Two Metal Contamination Gradients

Couture¹,

Pyle

2008

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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This review summarizes some of the main findings of our work with the Metals in the Environment Research Network examining seasonal and regional effects on metal accumulation, growth, condition, and physiology in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from 10 lakes comprising two metal contamination gradients in the industrial regions of Sudbury, Ontario and Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada. The specific objectives of this review are: (1) to propose threshold tissue metal concentrations to discriminate between fish from contaminated and reference sites; (2) to identify factors that can influence metal accumulation and fish condition; and (3) to define an experimental approach for measuring metal effects in wild yellow perch. Using tissue thresholds appeared useful not only for discriminating fish from clean or contaminated environments, but also provided a simple approach to examine metabolic consequences of tissue metal accumulation. Overall, fish from Sudbury grew faster, expressed higher aerobic capacities, and died younger, but also appeared better at limiting accumulation of some metals than Rouyn-Noranda fish. The condition of the latter fish was clearly more affected by metals than Sudbury fish. Finally, our dataset allows us to propose that yellow perch are highly suitable for ecological risk assessment studies of metal effects in wild fish, but that fish size, season, and region must be considered in sampling design and that several reference sites must be studied for meaningful conclusions to be reached.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Live Fast and Die Young: Metal Effects on Condition and Physiology of Wild Yellow Perch from along Two Metal Contamination Gradients

Couture¹,

Pyle

2008

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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“…Fish may have decreased growth or condition in metals-stressed systems from energy requirements of detoxification or food limitation/prey shifting. Condition factor and size are surrogates for energy reserves for overwinter survival and reproductive fitness (Munkittrick and Dixon, 1989;Farag et al, 1995;Cunjak et al, 1998;Campbell et al, 2003). We further explain our concepts for evaluating recovery in the context of the expected natural template for the affected streams, ecological assumptions, interpretations of chemical guidelines and project-specific goals in Text S2.…”

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“…Natural fish populations are typically age-structured and numbers decrease with age in the total population. Selective mortality of sensitive fry may lead to recruitment failure in metal stressed populations, causing a shift to older fish (Schindler et al, 1985;Munkittrick and Dixon, 1989;Campbell et al, 2003;Milner et al, 2003).…”

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Recovery of a mining-damaged stream ecosystem

Mebane

Eakins

Fraser

et al. 2015

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

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This paper presents a 30+ year record of changes in benthic macroinvertebrate communities and fish populations associated with improving water quality in mining-influenced streams. Panther Creek, a tributary to the Salmon River in central Idaho, USA suffered intensive damage from mining and milling operations at the Blackbird Mine that released copper (Cu), arsenic (As), and cobalt (Co) into tributaries. From the 1960s through the 1980s, no fish and few aquatic invertebrates could be found in 40 km of mine-affected reaches of Panther Creek downstream of the metals contaminated tributaries, Blackbird and Big Deer Creeks.Efforts to restore water quality began in 1995, and by 2002 Cu levels had been reduced by about 90%, with incremental declines since. Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were early colonizers, quickly expanding their range as areas became habitable when Cu concentrations dropped below about 3X the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's biotic ligand model (BLM) based chronic aquatic life criterion. Anadromous Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha) and steelhead (O. mykiss) have also reoccupied Panther Creek. Full recovery of salmonid populations occurred within about 12-years after the onset of restoration efforts and about 4-years after the Cu chronic criteria had mostly been met, with recovery interpreted as similarity in densities, biomass, year class strength, and condition factors between reference sites and mining-influenced sites. Shorthead Sculpin (Cottus confusus) were slower than salmonids to disperse and colonize. While benthic macroinvertebrate biomass has increased, species richness has plateaued at about 70 to 90% of reference despite the Cu criterion having been met for several years. Different invertebrate taxa had distinctly different recovery trajectories. Among the slowest taxa to recover were Ephemerella, Cinygmula and Rhithrogena mayflies, Enchytraeidae oligochaetes, and Heterlimnius aquatic beetles. Potential reasons for the failure of some invertebrate taxa to recover include competition, and high sensitivity to Co and Cu.

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“…Similarly, but in the aquatic environment, Campbell et al [6] (and references cited therein) collected yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from a series of lakes up-and down-wind from a major copper-zinc smelter located in Rouyn-Noranda, in north-western Quebec, Canada. In lakes at the high end of the exposure gradient, cadmium accumulated in the indigenous yellow perch to concentrations well above background tissue values.…”

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“…However, there is now mounting evidence that cadmium is present in aquatic and terrestrial environments at levels that are sufficient to provoke a biological response in the indigenous biota. [5][6][7] For example, Larison et al [5] measured trace metals in the tissues of the white-tailed ptarmigan or grouse (Lagopus leucurus) in Colorado, USA, and in the food web leading to this herbivorous species. Their results showed that cadmium concentrations in the buds and recently grown shoots of various willow species (Salix spp.)…”

Section: Methods To Determine Metal Speciation) Geochemistry (Identimentioning

confidence: 99%

Cadmium—A Priority Pollutant

Campbell¹

2006

Environ. Chem.

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Differentiating Between Direct (Physiological) and Food-Chain Mediated (Bioenergetic) Effects on Fish in Metal-Impacted Lakes

Cited by 62 publications

References 40 publications

Live Fast and Die Young: Metal Effects on Condition and Physiology of Wild Yellow Perch from along Two Metal Contamination Gradients

Live Fast and Die Young: Metal Effects on Condition and Physiology of Wild Yellow Perch from along Two Metal Contamination Gradients

Recovery of a mining-damaged stream ecosystem

Cadmium—A Priority Pollutant

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