Toxicity of phenol to asellus aquaticus (L.)—effects of temperature and episodic exposure

Green, David W. J.; Williams, Kendall A.; Hughes, D; Shaik, Gulnazbibi A.R.; Pascoe, David D.

doi:10.1016/0043-1354(88)90082-6

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“…At concentrations greater than 100 mg/L, organisms were immobilized during 15-to 240-min exposure periods but were able to recover mobility almost immediately following transfer to clean water. Green et al [24] also showed the ability of Asellus aquaticus to recover from phenol exposure. Recovery after brief exposure was also observed in mosquito larvae exposed to the insecticides permethrin, fenitothion, carbaryl, and carbofuran [25].…”

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Postexposure Effects of Brief Cadmium, Zinc, and Phenol Exposures on Freshwater Organisms

Brent

Herricks

1998

Environ Toxicol Chem

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Conventional toxicity testing has relied heavily on fixed duration continuous exposure conditions. These conditions have little relevance to the exposure conditions of many environmental pollutants, particularly the highly variable and often brief exposure regimes of episodic pollution events. This research was designed to assess the effects of brief exposures using a postexposure observation period. The common freshwater organisms Ceriodaphnia dubia, Hyalella azteca, and Pimephales promelas were exposed to a range of cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and/or phenol concentrations for durations ranging from 15 to 240 min. Immobility was measured for up to 7 d after the exposure period. Results showed that organisms exposed to Cd and Zn exhibited delayed effects that resulted in increasing immobility for up to 172 h after the exposure period. Ceriodaphnia dubia, H. azteca, and P. promelas exposed to Cd for as short as 30 min exhibited 100, 95, and 85% immobility, respectively, during postexposure observation. Ceriodaphnia dubia and H. azteca exposed to Zn for as short as 30 min exhibited 100 and 30% immobility, respectively, during postexposure observation. Ceriodaphnia dubia exposed to phenol exhibited recovery of mobility after the exposure period. The presence of delayed effects or organism recovery suggests that toxicity tests used to monitor brief exposures should use environmentally relevant exposure durations and postexposure observations.

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Postexposure Effects of Brief Cadmium, Zinc, and Phenol Exposures on Freshwater Organisms

Brent

Herricks

1998

Environ Toxicol Chem

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“…The toxicity of phenol to the aquatic sowbug Asellus aquaticus is greater at lower temperatures than at higher temperatures, with the lowest toxicity at an intermediate temperature (Cebrian et al 1993). In contrast, the sensitivity of the red‐swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii toward lindane appeared to be unaffected by temperature change (Green et al 1988). These complex and contradictory findings invite further study and validation with a wider range of chemicals and species (including more invertebrate phyla).…”

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Comparison of tropical and temperate freshwater animal species' acute sensitivities to chemicals: Implications for deriving safe extrapolation factors

Kwok

Leung

Lui

et al. 2007

Integr Envir Assess & Manag

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Toxicity data for tropical species are often lacking for ecological risk assessment. Consequently, tropical and subtropical countries use water quality criteria (WQC) derived from temperate species (e.g., United States, Canada, or Europe) to assess ecological risks in their aquatic systems, leaving an unknown margin of uncertainty. To address this issue, we use species sensitivity distributions of freshwater animal species to determine whether temperate datasets are adequately protective of tropical species assemblages for 18 chemical substances. The results indicate that the relative sensitivities of tropical and temperate species are noticeably different for some of these chemicals. For most metals, temperate species tend to be more sensitive than their tropical counterparts. However, for un-ionized ammonia, phenol, and some pesticides (e.g., chlorpyrifos), tropical species are probably more sensitive. On the basis of the results from objective comparisons of the ratio between temperate and tropical hazardous concentration values for 10% of species, or the 90% protection level, we recommend that an extrapolation factor of 10 should be applied when such surrogate temperate WQCs are used for tropical or subtropical regions and a priori knowledge on the sensitivity of tropical species is very limited or not available.

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“…At concentrations greater than 100 mg/L, organisms were immobilized during 15‐ to 240‐min exposure periods but were able to recover mobility almost immediately following transfer to clean water. Green et al [24] also showed the ability of Asellus aquaticus to recover from phenol exposure. Recovery after brief exposure was also observed in mosquito larvae exposed to the insecticides permethrin, fenitothion, carbaryl, and carbofuran [25].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Postexposure effects of brief cadmium, zinc, and phenol exposures on freshwater organisms

Brent

Herricks

1998

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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Abstract-Conventional toxicity testing has relied heavily on fixed duration continuous exposure conditions. These conditions have little relevance to the exposure conditions of many environmental pollutants, particularly the highly variable and often brief exposure regimes of episodic pollution events. This research was designed to assess the effects of brief exposures using a postexposure observation period. The common freshwater organisms Ceriodaphnia dubia, Hyalella azteca, and Pimephales promelas were exposed to a range of cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and/or phenol concentrations for durations ranging from 15 to 240 min. Immobility was measured for up to 7 d after the exposure period. Results showed that organisms exposed to Cd and Zn exhibited delayed effects that resulted in increasing immobility for up to 172 h after the exposure period. Ceriodaphnia dubia, H. azteca, and P. promelas exposed to Cd for as short as 30 min exhibited 100, 95, and 85% immobility, respectively, during postexposure observation. Ceriodaphnia dubia and H. azteca exposed to Zn for as short as 30 min exhibited 100 and 30% immobility, respectively, during postexposure observation. Ceriodaphnia dubia exposed to phenol exhibited recovery of mobility after the exposure period. The presence of delayed effects or organism recovery suggests that toxicity tests used to monitor brief exposures should use environmentally relevant exposure durations and postexposure observations.

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Toxicity of phenol to asellus aquaticus (L.)—effects of temperature and episodic exposure

Cited by 30 publications

References 13 publications

Postexposure Effects of Brief Cadmium, Zinc, and Phenol Exposures on Freshwater Organisms

Postexposure Effects of Brief Cadmium, Zinc, and Phenol Exposures on Freshwater Organisms

Comparison of tropical and temperate freshwater animal species' acute sensitivities to chemicals: Implications for deriving safe extrapolation factors

Postexposure effects of brief cadmium, zinc, and phenol exposures on freshwater organisms

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