Survey of receiving-water environmental impacts associated with discharges from pulp mills: 3. Polychlorinated dioxins and furans in muscle and liver of white sucker (Catostomus commersoni)

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1103-1115
Author(s):  
Mark R. Servos ◽  
Susanv Y. Huestis ◽  
D. Michael Whittle ◽  
Kelly R. Munkittrick ◽  
Glen J. Van Der Kraakv
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Pulp Mills ◽  
Catostomus Commersoni ◽  
Dioxins And Furans ◽  
Receiving Water

Detection of food limitation in health of white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) 5 years after the closure of a bleached kraft pulp mill

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Arciszewski ◽  
M. E. McMaster ◽  
C. B. Portt ◽  
K. R. Munkittrick
Keyword(s):  
Food Limitation ◽  
Pulp Mill ◽  
Response Patterns ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Pulp Mills ◽  
Catostomus Commersoni ◽  
Northern Ontario ◽  
Bleached Kraft Pulp ◽  
The Status ◽  
Catch Rates

Recovery of fish after implementing better management of effluent or following the closure of pulp mills is not well studied. Results from existing studies suggest the predominant responses observed during the operation of mills would predict a pathway of recovery, but this hypothesis has not been tested at mills with variable effects on fish. Multiple studies done at a mill in northern Ontario showed variable responses in white sucker (Catostomus commersoni), including effects on reproductive endpoints. Data from most years failed, however, to meet strict definitions of response patterns used in Environmental Effects Monitoring. After the permanent closure of the mill in 2006, white sucker were collected in 2011 to determine the status of fish. We predicted that no effects would be observed in white sucker after the mill's closure. Five years after the closure of the mill, however, female white sucker showed statistical food limitation. Males showed a similar trend, but fewer statistical differences. These changes, coupled with reduced catch rates, have not been previously observed downstream of this mill. Our results suggest that recovery of fish after the closure of mills may not be clearly associated with effects found during operation. The absence of recovery after closure may more broadly suggest relevance of effects of operational mills.

Survey of receiving-water environmental impacts associated with discharges from pulp mills: 1. Mill characteristics, receiving-water chemical profiles and lab toxicity tests

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1075-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. Robinson ◽  
John H. Carey ◽  
Keith R. Solomon ◽  
Ian R. Smith ◽  
Mark R. Servos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Toxicity Tests ◽  
Pulp Mills ◽  
Chemical Profiles ◽  
Receiving Water

Responses in a Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Lifecycle Test and in Wild White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Exposed to a Canadian Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne L. Parrott ◽  
L. Mark Hewitt ◽  
Tibor G. Kovacs ◽  
Deborah L. MacLatchy ◽  
Pierre H. Martel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Egg Production ◽  
Fathead Minnow ◽  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Fish Reproduction ◽  
White Sucker ◽  
Catostomus Commersoni ◽  
Liver Size ◽  
Paper Mill Effluent ◽  
Kraft Mill Effluent ◽  
Kraft Mill

Abstract To evaluate currently available bioassays for their use in investigating the causes of pulp and paper mill effluent effects on fish reproduction, the responses of wild white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) collected from the receiving environment at the bleached kraft mill at La Tuque, Quebec, were compared with responses of fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) exposed to effluent in a laboratory lifecycle test. White sucker collected at effluent exposed sites had increased liver size but none of the reproductive effects that had been documented in earlier field studies at this site. Exposure to 1, 3, 10, 30, and 100% bleached kraft mill effluent (BKME) in the lab led to significantly decreased length, but increased weight and liver size in male fathead minnow. Female length was also decreased and liver size was increased at high effluent exposures. Most effluent concentrations (1 to 30%) significantly increased egg production compared with controls. The fathead minnow lifecycle assay mirrored the effects seen in wild fish captured downstream of the BKME discharge. These results will be used to select short-term fish tests for investigating the causes of and solutions to the effects of mill effluents on fish reproduction.

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