Bioaccumulation of PCBs from Sediments by Oligochaetes and Fishes: Comparison of Laboratory and Field Studies

1992 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 2080-2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald T. Ankley ◽  
Philip M. Cook ◽  
Anthony R. Carlson ◽  
Daniel J. Call ◽  
Julie A. Swenson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fathead Minnows ◽  
Lumbriculus Variegatus ◽  
Tissue Concentrations ◽  
Test Species ◽  
Black Bullhead ◽  
Study Laboratory ◽  
Ameiurus Melas

Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and oligochaetes (Lumbriculus variegatus) were exposed in the laboratory to sediment samples from the lower Fox River/Green Bay, and their bioaccumulation of PCBs was compared with PCB concentrations in synoptic collections of fish (black bullhead, Ameiurus melas) and oligochaetes (primarily Limnodrilus sp.) from the field. Total PCBs and PCB homologues (expressed as lipid-normalized tissue concentrations/organic carbon-normalized sediment concentrations) were qualitatively and quantitatively similar in the laboratory-exposed and field-collected oligochaetes. PCB concentrations in A. melas generally were greater than in any of the other test species, due possibly to differences in exposure (e.g. biomagnification) compared with the other organisms. PCB concentrations in P. promelas were consistently smaller than in any of the other species investigated. These results indicate that, under the exposure regime used in this study, laboratory tests with L. variegatus can provide a reasonable quantitative estimate of the bioaccumulation of PCBs in field populations of oligochaetes. However, the use of P. promelas in laboratory sediment tests may result in significant underprediction of the exposure of indigenous benthic invertebrates and fishes to bioaccumulable contaminants.

Development of apical pits in chloride cells of the gills of Pimephales promelas after chronic exposure to acid water

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 462-463
Author(s):  
Richard L. Leino ◽  
Jon G. Anderson ◽  
J. Howard McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Chronic Exposure ◽  
Lake Superior ◽  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Chloride Cells ◽  
Fathead Minnows ◽  
Secondary Lamellae ◽  
Untreated Water ◽  
Water Ph ◽  
Flow Through

Groups of 12 fathead minnows were exposed for 129 days to Lake Superior water acidified (pH 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 or 6.5) with reagent grade H2SO4 by means of a multichannel toxicant system for flow-through bioassays. Untreated water (pH 7.5) had the following properties: hardness 45.3 ± 0.3 (95% confidence interval) mg/1 as CaCO3; alkalinity 42.6 ± 0.2 mg/1; Cl- 0.03 meq/1; Na+ 0.05 meq/1; K+ 0.01 meq/1; Ca2+ 0.68 meq/1; Mg2+ 0.26 meq/1; dissolved O2 5.8 ± 0.3 mg/1; free CO2 3.2 ± 0.4 mg/1; T= 24.3 ± 0.1°C. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd gills were subsequently processed for LM (methacrylate), TEM and SEM respectively.Three changes involving chloride cells were correlated with increasing acidity: 1) the appearance of apical pits (figs. 2,5 as compared to figs. 1, 3,4) in chloride cells (about 22% of the chloride cells had pits at pH 5.0); 2) increases in their numbers and 3) increases in the % of these cells in the epithelium of the secondary lamellae.

When did the black bullhead, Ameiurus melas (Teleostei: Ictaluridae), arrive in Poland?

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michał Nowak ◽  
Ján Koščo ◽  
Paweł Szczerbik ◽  
Dominika Mierzwa ◽  
Włodzimierz Popek
Keyword(s):  
Black Bullhead ◽  
Ameiurus Melas

Acidification effects on macroinvertebrates and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) in outdoor experimental channels

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Zischke ◽  
John W. Arthur ◽  
Kathleen J. Nordlie ◽  
Roger O. Hermanutz ◽  
Douglas A. Standen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Fathead Minnows

INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE WATER-QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS ON COPPER TOXICITY TO FATHEAD MINNOWS (PIMEPHALES PROMELAS)

2004 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 2900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine L. Sciera ◽  
J. Jeffery Isely ◽  
Joseph R. Tomasso ◽  
Stephen J. Klaine
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Copper Toxicity ◽  
Quality Characteristics ◽  
Fathead Minnows

Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Carbaryl (Sevin) on Survival, Growth, and Reproduction of the Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas)

1972 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 583-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. R. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Fathead Minnow ◽  
Pimephales Promelas ◽  
Threshold Concentration ◽  
Fathead Minnows ◽  
Motile Sperm ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Toxicant Concentration ◽  
Growth And Reproduction

When fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) were exposed to five concentrations (0.008–0.68 mg/liter) of the insecticide carbaryl for 9 months and throughout a life cycle, the highest concentration prevented reproduction and decreased survival. At the high concentration, testes contained motile sperm and ovaries were in a flaccid condition and appeared to be in a resorptive state. At the 0.68 mg/liter concentration, carbaryl appeared to contribute to mortality of larvae (produced by unexposed parents) within 30 days of hatching. Survival of young grown in the 0.008 mg/liter concentration was reduced. Since no demonstrable effects were noted for survival, growth, or reproduction at the 0.017, 0.062, and 0.21 mg/liter concentrations, this low survival value is considered not due to carbaryl. The 96-hr median tolerance concentration (TL 50) and the lethal threshold concentration (LTC) for 2-month-old fathead minnows were 9.0 mg/liter. The maximum acceptable toxicant concentration (MATC) for fathead minnows exposed to carbaryl in water with a hardness of 45.2 mg/liter and a pH of 7.5 lies between 0.21 and 0.68 mg/liter. The application factors (MATC/96-hr TL50 and MATC/LTC) both lie between 0.023 and 0.075.

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