Toxicity assessment of sediments from three European river basins using a sediment contact test battery

Tuikka, A.; Schmitt, Claudia Job; Höss, Sebastian; Bandow, Nicole; Ohe, Peter C. von der; Zwart, Dick de; Deckere, Eric de; Streck, Georg; Mothes, Sibylle; Hattum, B. van; Kočan, Anton; Brix, Rikke; Brack, Werner; Barceló, Damià; Sormunen, Arto J.; Kukkonen, Jussi V. K.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.038

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“…Tuikka et al [23], who investigated seven natural sediments using a test battery similar to that of the present study (SCTs with invertebrates, fish, and bacteria), demonstrated differences in the sensitivities of the species and highlighted the need for data on multiple species, when estimating the effect of sediment pollution on the benthic community. Though it is common to use a battery of assays with different benthic macroinvertebrates to assess the toxicity of sediments [7,[10][11][12]38,39], the variety of organisms to choose from is often limited.…”

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“…from different trophic and organizational levels [23,[35][36][37]. Tuikka et al [23], who investigated seven natural sediments using a test battery similar to that of the present study (SCTs with invertebrates, fish, and bacteria), demonstrated differences in the sensitivities of the species and highlighted the need for data on multiple species, when estimating the effect of sediment pollution on the benthic community.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…In the United States and Canada, macroinvertebrates have mostly been used for whole sediment toxicity testing [10][11][12]; standardized sediment contact tests (SCTs) with organisms from other trophic levels did not exist until recently. However, within the last two decades, new SCTs have been developed in Europe using a broader range of organisms, such as bacteria [13][14][15], yeast [16], nematodes [17,18], fish embryos [19,20], and macrophytes [21], with some of them being standardized (ISO 10872; ISO/DIS 16191; ISO/DIS 10871) and approved for assessing the toxicity of contaminated freshwater sediments [22,23].…”

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Sediment contact tests as a tool for the assessment of sediment quality in German waters

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Abstract-A sediment contact test (SCT) battery consisting of five ecotoxicological test systems was applied to 21 native freshwater sediments characterized by a broad variety of geochemical properties and anthropogenic contamination. Higher plants (Myriophyllum aquaticum), nematodes (Caenorhabditis elegans), oligochaetes (Lumbriculus variegatus), zebrafish embryos (Danio rerio), and bacteria (Arthrobacter globiformis), representing various trophic levels and exposure pathways, were used as test organisms. The test battery detected sediment toxicity caused by anthropogenic pollution, whereas the various tests provided site-specific, nonredundant information to the overall toxicity assessment. Based on the toxicity pattern derived from the test battery, the sediments were classified according to a newly proposed classification system for sediment toxicity assessment. The SCT-derived classification generally agreed well with the application of consensus-based sediment quality guidelines (SQGs), especially with regard to sediments with high toxic potential. For sediments with low to medium toxic potential, the SQGs often underestimated the toxicity that was detected by the SCTs, underpinning the need for toxicity tests in sediment quality assessment. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2013;32:144-155. # 2012 SETAC

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“…Of greater relevance, the metal load of the sediments was apparent as proven by the log TU sum D. magna metal values exceeding the -2 threshold (this corresponds to 1/100 of the acute LC 50 value). Thus, for the sediments used in our investigation, the metals seem to be the most important pollutants that might cause sublethal toxicity for invertebrate communities (Tuikka et al 2011). The greatest toxicity potential was apparent for the BCR 701 reference sediment, for which the log TU sum D. magna metal was -0.270.…”

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“…The sediment-contact test with D. rerio embryos was performed according to Tuikka et al (2011) with modifications. Three grams of air-dried sediments (grain size \300 lm) were mixed with 10 ml of artificial water (ISO 1996) and transferred into six-well polypropylene plates.…”

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Evaluation of Multixenobiotic Resistance in Dreissenid Mussels as a Screening Tool for Toxicity in Freshwater Sediments

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Bioavailability of copper in contaminated sediments assessed by a DGT approach and the uptake of copper by the aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum

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The assessment of the potentially harmful effects of metals on biota depends on the speciation and bioavailability of the metals. In the present study, the authors investigated Cu accumulation and toxicity in the aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum after exposure to artificial sediments varying in peat or ferric hydroxide content and spiked with Cu (5-200 mg kg(-1)). Modeling of the kinetic diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT) measurements revealed fast and slow Cu resupply from the solid phase for sediment formulated with and without peat, respectively. Myriophyllum aquaticum proved to be sensitive to Cu, as the Cu accumulation and growth differed depending on the sediment composition and Cu concentration. Comparing the Cu accumulation in M. aquaticum with total dissolved concentration, free concentration, and concentration in solution derived from DGT measurements (CDGT), Cu concentrations revealed that CDGT concentrations were a better predictor of accumulation than the others. However, the relatively weak correlation observed (r(2) = 0.6) and the fact that plant uptake does not increase proportionally to DGT fluxes suggest that Cu uptake in plants was not diffusion limited. Thus, the free Cu concentrations near the root surface were sufficient to meet the plant's demand during the experiment. Furthermore, labile complexes that continuously resupply the Cu(2+) pool may also contribute to the concentrations available for plant uptake. In the range of Cu concentrations investigated in the present study, saturation of uptake processes as well as toxicity are considered responsible for the poor DGT prediction of plant uptake.

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Toxicity assessment of sediments from three European river basins using a sediment contact test battery

Cited by 76 publications

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Sediment contact tests as a tool for the assessment of sediment quality in German waters

Sediment contact tests as a tool for the assessment of sediment quality in German waters

Evaluation of Multixenobiotic Resistance in Dreissenid Mussels as a Screening Tool for Toxicity in Freshwater Sediments

Bioavailability of copper in contaminated sediments assessed by a DGT approach and the uptake of copper by the aquatic plant Myriophyllum aquaticum

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