The effect of heavy metals on laboratory populations of two polychaetes with comparisons to the water quality conditions and standards in Southern California marine waters

Reish, Donald J.; Martin, Jean‐Marie; Piltz, F.; Word, J.Q.

doi:10.1016/0043-1354(76)90170-6

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“…This suggests that the chronic exposure of high concentrations of TFB had higher toxicity on freshly hatched trochophores than on metatrochophores. Although insecticides and heavy metals have different toxic mechanisms, this suggestion is consistent with Reish et al (1976) findings, since Capitella capitata trochophores resulted more sensitive to heavy metals than adults. Moreover, a simultaneous research indicated no mortality of trochophores from the T1 set exposed to 57 to 143 µg/g dry wt sediment of cadmium, while mortality was registered on M1 and M2 sets (Méndez, 2002b).…”

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Effects of teflubenzuron on larvae and juveniles of the polychaete Capitella SP. B from Barcelona, Spain

Méndez¹

2005

Water Air Soil Pollut

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The insecticide teflubenzuron is currently employed by salmon farms as an in-feed compound to control ectoparasite infestations, and its occurrence in the sediments surrounding the farms could thus pose a hazard to local infauna. The effect of teflubenzuron on mortality, growth and metamorphosis of larvae of cultured Capitella sp. B were investigated. This is a poecilogonic species with two hatching periods. Larvae and juveniles produced during the first and second releases were exposed to sediment spiked with teflubenzuron (0, 8.4, 25 and 41.8 µg/g dry wt sediment) for a 31 days period and daily observations were performed. Teflubenzuron incorporated to sediment produced larval and juvenile mortality and a strong reduction of body size from juveniles of the two release periods. Larval metamorphosis was delayed without a clear dose-response relationship. This preliminary study suggests that teflubenzuron is harmful to early developmental stages of Capitella sp. B. This fact has relevant ecological effects such as a delay in recruitment of individuals into natural populations.

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Effects of teflubenzuron on larvae and juveniles of the polychaete Capitella SP. B from Barcelona, Spain

Méndez¹

2005

Water Air Soil Pollut

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“…LC5, values spanned 4 orders of magnitude for the invertebrates tested. One of the species common at highly copper-polluted stations in the Norwegian fjords, the polychaete Capitella capitata, had a value of 0.2 mg 1-' (Reish et al 1976). …”

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Effect of sediment copper on benthic fauna

Rygg¹

1985

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

138

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Relations between species diversity in benthic-fauna communities and sediment concentration of heavy metals (Cu, Pb, Zn) and organic matter were tested by correlation and regression analyses on data from Norwegian fjords. Diversity and Cu showed a strong negative correlation. A moderate negative correlation was found for Pb and a weak negative correlation for Zn. Diversity and organic matter showed a moderate negative correlation. The negative correlation between diversity and Cu is interpreted as a cause-effect correlation, with high copper concentrations being toxic to a number of species, thus lowering diversity. Correlation plots were made between Cu and occurrence of selected species. Among the 50 most frequently occurring species, 20 were significantly missing from more copper-polluted (Cu > 200 ppm) stations.

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“…Several summaries exist that either focus exclusively on the use of N. arenaceodentata as a test organism or reference them heavily [22,[26][27][28]. Dillon et al [29] provide a comprehensive evaluation on the use of N. arenaceodentata in a sublethal chronic survival and growth bioassay, which includes the effects of sediment type, water conditions (e.g., ammonia and dissolved oxygen concentrations), salinity, and Cd as a reference toxicant.…”

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A postexposure feeding assay using the marine polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata suitable for laboratory and in situ exposures

Rosen

Miller

2011

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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This study examined the suitability for the use of the polychaetous annelid Neanthes arenaceodentata in a short-term sublethal bioassay based on postexposure feeding rate. Quantification of feeding rate was determined by an approximately 1-h feeding period to Artemia franciscana nauplii after a 48-h aqueous exposure. Both lethality and feeding rate were assessed after exposure to Cu and phenanthrene, with the Cu results being compared with those available from similar studies that used the polychaete Hediste diversicolor. Laboratory assessment on the effect of manipulating two common variables in estuarine environments (temperature and salinity) on postexposure feeding to both clean and Cu-spiked seawater samples was also conducted. The 48- and 96-h median lethal concentrations (LC50s) for Cu were 156 and 80 µg/L, respectively, whereas the 48-h median effective concentration (EC50) determined by feeding rate was 57 µg/L. The 48-h LC50 for phenanthrene was 2,224 µg/L, whereas the 48-h feeding rate EC50 was 345 µg/L (more sensitive by a factor of >6). The sensitivity of the postexposure feeding rate endpoint to two representative chemicals that are frequently elevated in contaminated sediments, in addition to rapid exposure time, ecological relevance, and relatively simple approach, suggest that this assay with N. arenaceodentata has potential for use as a tool for sublethal effects assessment, with particular promise for in situ applications. The utility of this assay in actual marine and estuarine sediments is being assessed in situ at several North American sediment sites, and will be reported in future publications.

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The effect of heavy metals on laboratory populations of two polychaetes with comparisons to the water quality conditions and standards in Southern California marine waters

Cited by 76 publications

References 6 publications

Effects of teflubenzuron on larvae and juveniles of the polychaete Capitella SP. B from Barcelona, Spain

Effects of teflubenzuron on larvae and juveniles of the polychaete Capitella SP. B from Barcelona, Spain

Effect of sediment copper on benthic fauna

A postexposure feeding assay using the marine polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata suitable for laboratory and in situ exposures

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