Histopathological, hematological, condition-factor, and organ weight changes associated with selenium accumulation in fish from Belews Lake, North Carolina

Sorensen, Elsie M. B.; Cumbie, Peter M.; Bauer, Thomas; Bell, James; Harlan, Charles W.

doi:10.1007/bf01055872

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“…Hamilton and Buhl (1990) determined 96-h LC s for chinook and coho salmon exposed to Se to range between 13 and 23 mg/L. Sorensen et al (1984) demonstrated a variety of histopathological and hematological e!ects in green sun"sh (¸epomis cyanellus) inhabiting waters with Se concentrations ranging between 8 and 13 mg/L. All of these studies report Se concentrations that were higher than those measured in Fox and Unknown lakes.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Toxicity of Uranium Mine-Receiving Waters to Caged Fathead Minnows, Pimephales promelas

Pyle

Swanson

Lehmkuhl

2001

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

Toxicity of Uranium Mine-Receiving Waters to Caged Fathead Minnows, Pimephales promelas

Pyle

Swanson

Lehmkuhl

2001

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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“…Analysis of the fish tissues demonstrated elevated Se eoneentrations (Garrett and Inman 1984). Three years after the initial eeotoxie effeets were observed, elevated Se eoneentrations and associated metabolie and histopathological problems were reported in the fish eommunity (Sorensen et al 1982(Sorensen et al , 1984.…”

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Ecotoxicology of Selenium in Freshwater Systems

Maier

Knight

1994

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

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“…Lemly [4] reports 20-40 μg g −1 dry weight (DW) in viscera as associated with deformities in fish and reports 20 μg g −1 DW as a toxic threshold. Green sunfish from a lake in North Carolina receiving Se as fly ash wastes from a coal-fired power station had Se levels in liver up to 21.4 μg g −1 FW resulting in reproduction failure and population decline [5].…”

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Selenium and Mercury in Native and Introduced Fish Species of Patagonian Lakes, Argentina

Arribére

Guevara

Bubach

et al. 2008

Biol Trace Elem Res

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A survey of mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) contents was performed in fish collected from lakes located in two National Parks of the northern patagonian Andean range. Two native species, catfish (Diplomystes viedmensis) and creole perch (Percichthys trucha), and three introduced species, brown trout (Salmo trutta), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), were caught from lakes Nahuel Huapi, Moreno, Traful, Espejo Chico, and Guillelmo belonging to Nahuel Huapi National Park and from lakes Futalaufquen and Rivadavia, Los Alerces National Park. In lake Moreno, fish diet items were analyzed and rainbow trout grown in a farm. Hg and Se were measured in muscle and liver tissues by instrumental neutron activation analysis. The average concentrations in muscle of Hg for all species, ages, and lakes are between 0.4 to 1.0 microg g(-1) dry weight (DW) with a few fish, mainly native, exceeding the United States Environmental Protection Agency health advisory for freshwater fish limited consumption, and from 0.8 to 1.5 microg g(-1) DW for Se. Average concentrations in liver of Hg in all species range from 0.4 to 0.9 microg g(-1) DW. Brown trout, the top predator in these lakes, showed the lowest average Hg burden in both tissues. Se concentrations in the liver of brown and rainbow trout, up to 279 microg g(-1) DW, are higher than those expected for nearly pristine lakes, exceeding 20 microg g(-1) DW, the threshold concentration associated with Se toxicity. These species show lower Hg contents in muscle, suggesting a possible detoxification of Hg by a Se-rich diet. Creole perch and velvet catfish livers have lower Se concentrations, with a narrower span of values (2.3 to 8.5 microg g(-1) and 3.3 to 5.5 microg g(-1) DW respectively).

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Histopathological, hematological, condition-factor, and organ weight changes associated with selenium accumulation in fish from Belews Lake, North Carolina

Cited by 101 publications

References 15 publications

Toxicity of Uranium Mine-Receiving Waters to Caged Fathead Minnows, Pimephales promelas

Toxicity of Uranium Mine-Receiving Waters to Caged Fathead Minnows, Pimephales promelas

Ecotoxicology of Selenium in Freshwater Systems

Selenium and Mercury in Native and Introduced Fish Species of Patagonian Lakes, Argentina

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