Sand spiked with copper as a reference toxicant material for sediment toxicity testing: A preliminary evaluation

Burgess, Robert M.; Rogers, Brad; Rego, Steven A.; Corbin, Jeffrey M.; Morrison, George E.

doi:10.1007/bf00224800

Cited by 11 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Assessments of intertest variability were conducted using the results of twelve 96-h reference toxicant tests. Reference toxicant material consisted of the sand used as the performance control muffled, spiked with copper, and diluted into testing series with clean uncontaminated sand [39]. Measured copper concentrations were 371 t_ 5 mg copper per kilo-gram dry sand.…”

Section: Methods Precisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Short-Exposure, Sublethal, Sediment Toxicity Test Using the Marine Bivalve Mulinia Lateralis: Statistical Design and Comparative Sensitivity

Burgess¹,

Morrison²

1994

Environ Toxicol Chem

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Over the last 10 years a great deal of research effort has concentrated on determining the effects of contaminated sediments on aquatic organisms. For marine systems, this effort has emphasized acute sediment toxicity tests using amphipods, although a variety of other end points and species have been used. Another candidate species for marine, solid-phase, sublethal sediment toxicity testing is the bivalve Mulinia lateralis. Useful attributes of this euryhaline bivalve include a wide geographic distribution (along the North American Atlantic coast from Prince Edward Island to the Gulf of Mexico), easy lab culture, and amenability to toxicity testing applications (end points are mortality and growth [milligrams per organism dry weight]). Detailed in this paper are organism selection and culture, establishment of statistical design, and an estimate of organism mortality and sublethal response variability. Results of Mulinia lateralis toxicity tests with 65 contaminated sediments from eight sites are reported, as well as results of comparative toxicity tests using two amphipod species, Ampeliscu abdita and Eohaustorius estuarius. Analysis of statistical power indicates treatment weight and survival responses that are 25% different from the site control responses can be detected with a probability of 95%. Results of comparative toxicity tests illustrate that although Mulinia iateralis and amphipod acute end points are relatively similar in sensitivity, utilization of the Mulinia lateralis sublethal growth end point greatly increases test sensitivity. This paper describes a new marine sediment toxicity test that complements the existing suite of marine sediment toxicity assessment techniques.

show abstract

Section: Methods Precisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Short-Exposure, Sublethal, Sediment Toxicity Test Using the Marine Bivalve Mulinia Lateralis: Statistical Design and Comparative Sensitivity

Burgess¹,

Morrison²

1994

Environ Toxicol Chem

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Use of the aquatic oligochaetesLumbriculus variegatus andTubifex tubifex for assessing the toxicity of copper and cadmium in a spiked-artificial-sediment toxicity test

Chapman

Benton

Brinkhurst³

et al. 1999

Environ. Toxicol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A sediment toxicity test using the freshwater oligochaetes Lumbriculus variegatus and Tubifex tubifex was performed. We evaluated acute and chronic toxicity affects of copper and cadmium on reproduction in both species and the bioaccumulation of both metals by L. variegatus using artificial sediment. L. variegatus bioconcentrated copper 22‐fold and cadmium 16‐fold after a 14‐day exposure to spiked artificial sediments with 0.02% organic content. The EC50 for T. tubifex varied depending upon endpoint from 2.7 to 2.8 mg/L for cadmium and from 8.4 to 8.9 mg/L for copper. The EC50 for L. variegatus was 2.2 mg/L for cadmium and 3.9 mg/L for copper. Based on these results, L. variegatus appears to be more sensitive to metal toxicity in artificial sediments than T. tubifex. ©1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Environ Toxicol 14: 271–278, 1999

show abstract

Toxicity analysis of freshwater and marine sediments with meio- and macrobenthic organisms: a review

Traunspurger

Drews

1996

Hydrobiologia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Benthic metazoans play a key role as test organisms in toxicity analyses of aquatic ecosystems . This report gives an overview of the species of benthic metazoans used for the assessment of toxicity in freshwater and marine sediments, as well as of the criteria relevant to the choice between test species and procedures . The main applications of these organisms are mono-species bioassays, test-batteries, analyses of benthic communities and bioaccumulation studies . Sediment toxicity assays, including acute and chronic exposures, have been developed for nematodes, insects, oligochaetes, polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms . At least 30 species of freshwater and 71 species of marine and estuarine benthic metazoans have thus far been used in sediment toxicity bioassays . Although aquatic pollution is a world-wide problem, most sediment toxicity bioassays have been developed for organisms native to Europe and North America . The most common bioassay endpoints are mortality, development, growth and behavioural responses . The value of genetic, biochemical, physiological and pathological responses as toxicity endpoints is currently being investigated . The quest for additional test species and protocols is still a worthwhile endeavour in sediment ecotoxicology . Abstract 215Introduction 215

show abstract

Sand spiked with copper as a reference toxicant material for sediment toxicity testing: A preliminary evaluation

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

A Short-Exposure, Sublethal, Sediment Toxicity Test Using the Marine Bivalve Mulinia Lateralis: Statistical Design and Comparative Sensitivity

A Short-Exposure, Sublethal, Sediment Toxicity Test Using the Marine Bivalve Mulinia Lateralis: Statistical Design and Comparative Sensitivity

Use of the aquatic oligochaetesLumbriculus variegatus andTubifex tubifex for assessing the toxicity of copper and cadmium in a spiked-artificial-sediment toxicity test

Toxicity analysis of freshwater and marine sediments with meio- and macrobenthic organisms: a review

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About