Mercury Concentrations in Quagga Mussels, Dreissena bugensis, from Lakes Mead, Mohave and Havasu

Mueting, Sara A.; Gerstenberger, Shawn

doi:10.1007/s00128-010-9953-8

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“…Our results also agree with the estimates of the dynamic bioaccumulation model developed by Le et al (2011), as well as the results of a field study in Lake Ontario, Canada, where higher copper and zinc concentrations were found in zebra mussels (Johns and Timmerman, 1998). Moreover, mercury concentrations were similar in the two dreissenid species in lakes Mead, Mohave and Havasu, the United States, consistent with our results (Mueting and Gerstenberger, 2010). However, in a study examining seasonal and inter-annual variation, higher concentrations of cadmium were found in quagga mussels than zebra mussels sampled from the outflow of lake Ontario, Canada, contrasting with the results of this study (Johns and Timmerman, 1998).…”

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“…The ability of both these mussel species to filter large quantities of water allows them to accumulate toxicants, which may lead to the secondary poisoning of native predator species (Rutzke et al, 2000;Kwon et al, 2006;Hogan et al, 2007;Mueting and Gerstenberger, 2010). Accumulation of toxicants may lead to mortality and sub-lethal effects such as altered growth, reproduction, and behaviour (Flemming and Trevors, 1989;Custer and Custer, 2000;Santore et al, 2002;Custer et al, 2003;Petrie et al, 2007).…”

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A dominance shift from the zebra mussel to the invasive quagga mussel may alter the trophic transfer of metals

Matthews

Schipper

Hendriks

et al. 2015

Environmental Pollution

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a b s t r a c tBioinvasions are a major cause of biodiversity and ecosystem changes. The rapid range expansion of the invasive quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) causing a dominance shift from zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to quagga mussels, may alter the risk of secondary poisoning to predators. Mussel samples were collected from various water bodies in the Netherlands, divided into size classes, and analysed for metal concentrations. Concentrations of nickel and copper in quagga mussels were significantly lower than in zebra mussels overall. In lakes, quagga mussels contained significantly higher concentrations of aluminium, iron and lead yet significantly lower concentrations of zinc66, cadmium111, copper, nickel, cobalt and molybdenum than zebra mussels. In the river water type quagga mussel soft tissues contained significantly lower concentrations of zinc66. Our results suggest that a dominance shift from zebra to quagga mussels may reduce metal exposure of predator species.

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A dominance shift from the zebra mussel to the invasive quagga mussel may alter the trophic transfer of metals

Matthews

Schipper

Hendriks

et al. 2015

Environmental Pollution

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“…In contrast, Rutzke et al (2000) measured greater concentrations of Cd in quagga mussels, whereas levels of Cu and Zn were lower than in zebra mussels (Rutzke et al 2000). Otherwise, Mueting and Gerstenberger (2010) stated that Hg concentrations are comparable in both species.…”

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“…In contrast, the quagga mussel has extended its distribution only during the last couple of decades in Russia (Orlova et al 2004;Zhulidov et al 2004) and is reported to have invaded the Great Lakes of North America already populated by zebra mussel as of the 1990s (Snyder 1997). Bioaccumulation of environmental contaminants in either D. bugensis or in both D. bugensis and D. polymorpha has previously been studied (Rutzke et al 2000;Somers 2005, 2010;Mueting and Gerstenberger 2010); however, we do not know any investigations concerning the accumulation of organochlorine (OC) chemicals in both species.…”

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Comparison of Bioaccumulation and Biomarker Responses in Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis After Exposure to Resuspended Sediments

Schäfer

Hamer

Treursić

et al. 2012

Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

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The zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha is widely used as sentinel organism for the assessment of environmental contamination in freshwater environments. However, in the River Rhine (Germany), the D. polymorpha population is declining, whereas the closely related quagga mussel D. bugensis is found in high numbers at some sites. In the present laboratory study, D. polymorpha and D. bugensis were exposed to resuspended native sediments for ≤2 weeks. Wet sediments (<63 μm, 100 mg l(-1) dry weight) were used as surrogate suspended particulate matter to mimic one of the mussels' main uptake route for chemicals. The sediments were sampled in (1) the River Elbe in Dessau, a site known to be highly polluted with, e.g., organochlorine (OC) pesticides and (2) at a relatively unpolluted site in Havelberg in the River Havel, one of the Elbe's tributaries. Chemical analysis of persistent OC compounds (seven polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], DDT and its metabolites (DDX), hexachlorocylohexanes [HCHs], and hexachlorobenzene [HCB]) in soft tissue of mussels showed significantly greater values of PCBs 101, 118, 153, 138, 180, the sum of seven PCBs, and p,p'-DDD in D. bugensis compared with D. polymorpha. Fourteen days of exposure to Dessau sediment increased the concentration of p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDD, as well as the sum of DDX, in both species compared with Havelberg sediment. Interspecific differences were less pronounced when regarding chemical concentrations with lipid content instead of dry-weight of tissue because D. bugensis had greater levels of total lipid than D. polymorpha. DNA damage in gills, as measured with the comet assay, was greater in D. bugensis compared with D. polymorpha. Simultaneously, the content of heat-shock protein (hsp70) in gills was greater in D. polymorpha than in D. bugensis. DNA damage and hsp70 were not induced by exposure time or sediment type. This study shows that D. bugensis and D. polymorpha may differ in their bioaccumulation potential of OC pesticides as well as their levels of DNA damage and hsp70. Therefore, more investigations are needed before quagga mussel can be used as alternative test organism for the zebra mussel.

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“…However, D. bugensis has recently become the dominant species in the Great Lakes and is found in a wider range of habitats than D. polymorpha including nearshore and offshore regions . Recently, they were discovered in the Colorado River watershed and other locations west of the Continental Divide in the United States (Benson 2010a, Benson 2010b, Hickey 2010, Mueting and Gerstenberger 2010). …”

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Reproduction and genetic detection of veligers in changingDreissenapopulations in the Great Lakes

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Abstract. Dreissenid bivalves, Dreissena polymorpha (zebra mussel) and Dreissena bugensis (quagga mussel) are biofouling species that invaded the Great Lakes region of North America from source populations in Europe in the 1980s. Initially, D. polymorpha spread faster and farther; however, D. bugensis have recently displaced D. polymorpha in many areas of the Great Lakes and was the first to be found west of the Continental Divide. Early detection of dreissenids is important in anticipating and preventing potentially high economic impacts. To study population dynamics and to enhance detection methods, we assessed ''spawnability'' using a serotonin bioassay and developed a new, sensitive, multiplex PCR method to identify veligers and verify adult species. Contrasting riverine populations were identified in the Saginaw River (100% D. polymorpha) and the Detroit River at Belle Isle (100% D. bugensis in 2010), and mixed populations of mussels (10% to ;50% D. polymorpha) were found in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. In 1994, when the Detroit River population at Belle Isle was virtually all D. polymorpha (Ram et al. 1996), spawning could not be induced by serotonin until late May, and peak spawnability did not occur until early June. In 2010, D. bugensis at the same site could be induced to spawn in the first week of April, and reached near maximal spawning intensity by mid-May. In 2010, Detroit River veligers were first observed in April and, by PCR species-specific detection, were 100% D. bugensis. Veligers changed to a mixed population of both species later in May and rose to a peak, mixed population in early June. These experiments demonstrate a quantitative, species-specific detection of dreissenid veligers, and lay the groundwork for determining the role of early reproduction and other mechanisms in mediating the displacement of one species by a closely related ''cousin.''

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Mercury Concentrations in Quagga Mussels, Dreissena bugensis, from Lakes Mead, Mohave and Havasu

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

A dominance shift from the zebra mussel to the invasive quagga mussel may alter the trophic transfer of metals

A dominance shift from the zebra mussel to the invasive quagga mussel may alter the trophic transfer of metals

Comparison of Bioaccumulation and Biomarker Responses in Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis After Exposure to Resuspended Sediments

Reproduction and genetic detection of veligers in changingDreissenapopulations in the Great Lakes

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