Effect of bioturbation on metal-sulfide oxidation in surficial freshwater sediments

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2147-2155

  Peterson, Gregory S ^a,c   Ankley, Gerald T ^b   Leonard, Edward N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid volatile sulfide; Bioavailability; Metal; Oxidation; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FRESH WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LUMBRICULUS VARIEGATUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 0029857128     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620151210     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Swartz, R.C., G.R. Ditsworth, D.W. Schultz and J.O. Lamberson. 1985. Sediment toxicity to a marine infaunal amphipod: Cadmium and its interaction with sewage sludge. Mar. Environ. Res. 18:133-153.
2. Di Toro, D.M., J.D. Mahony, D.J. Hansen, K.J. Scott, M.B. Hicks, S.M. Mayr and M.S. Redmond. 1990. Toxicity of cadmium in sediments: The role of acid volatile sulfide. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 9:1489-1504.
3. Ankley, G.T., et al. 1991. Acid-volatile sulfide as a factor mediating cadmium and nickel bioavailability in contaminated sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 10:1299-1307.
4. Ankley, G.T., V.R. Mattson, E.N. Leonard, C.W. West and J.L. Bennett. 1993. Predicting the acute toxicity of copper in freshwater sediments: Evaluation of the role of acid-volatile sulfide. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:315-320.
5. Berry, W.J., D.J. Hansen, J.D. Mahony, D.L. Robson, D.M. Di Toro, B.P. Shipley, B. Rogers, J.M. Corbin and W.S. Boothman. 1996. Predicting the toxicity of metal-spiked laboratory sediments using acid-volatile sulfide and interstitial water normalizations. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2067-2079.
6. Calamano, W., W. Ahlf and V. Forstner. 1990. Exchange of heavy metals between sediment components and water. In J.A.C. Broekart, S. Gucer and F. Adams, eds., Metal Speciation in the Environment. Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 503-522.
7. Di Toro, D.M., J.D. Mahony, D.J. Hansen, K.J. Scott, A.R. Carlson and G.T. Ankley. 1992. Acid volatile sulfide predicts the acute toxicity of cadmium and nickel in sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 26:96-101.
8. Allen, H.E., G. Fu and B. Deng. 1993. Analysis of acid volatile sulfide (AVS) and simultaneously extracted metals (SEM) for the estimation of potential toxicity in aquatic sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:1441-1453.
9. Carlson, A.R., G.L. Phipps, V.R. Mattson, P.A. Kosian and A.M. Cotter. 1991. The role of acid volatile sulfide in determining cadmium bioavailability in sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 10:1309-1319.
10. Hare, L., R. Carignan and M.A. Huerta-Diaz. 1994. An experimental study of metal toxicity and accumulation by benthic invertebrates: Implications of the acid volatile sulfide (AVS) model. Limnol. Oceanogr. 39:1635-1668.
11. Hansen, D.J., et al. 1996. Predicting the toxicity of metal-contaminated field sediments using interstitial concentrations of metals and acid-volatile sulfide normalizations. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2080-2094.
12. Hansen, D.J., J.D. Mahony, W.J. Berry, S.J. Benyi, J.M. Corbin, S.D. Pratt, D.M. Di Toro and M.B. Able. 1996. Chronic effect of cadmium in sediments on colonization by benthic marine organisms: An evaluation of the role of interstitial cadmium and acid-volatile sulfide in biological availability. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2126-2137.
13. Casas, A.M. and E.A. Crecilius. 1994. Relationships between acid volatile sulfide and the toxicity of zinc, lead, and copper in marine sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 13:529-536.
14. Pesch, C.E., D.J. Hansen, W.S. Boothman, W.J. Berry and J.D. Mahony. 1995. The role of acid volatile sulfide in determining bioavailability of cadmium and nickel from contaminated sediments to the marine polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 14:129-141.
15. Liber, K., D.J. Call, T.P. Markee, K.L. Schmude, M.D. Balcer, F.W. Whiteman and G.T. Ankley. 1996. Effects of acid-volatile sulfide on zinc bioavailability and toxicity to benthic macroinvertebrates in spiked-sediment field experiments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2113-2125.
16. Herlihy, A.T. and A.L. Mills. 1985. Sulfate reduction in freshwater sediments receiving acid mine drainage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 49:179-186.
17. Leonard, E.N., V.R. Mattson, D.A. Benoit, R.A. Hoke and G.T. Ankley. 1993. Seasonal variation of acid volatile sulfide concentrations in sediment cores from three northern Minnesota lakes. Hydrobiologia 271:87-95.
18. Lawrence, G.B., M.J. Mitchell and D.H. Landers. 1982. The effects of the burrowing mayfly on nitrogen and sulfur fractions in lake sediment microcosms. Hydrobiologia 87:273-283.
19. Matisoff, G., J. Berton-Fisher and S. Matis. 1985. Effects of benthic macroinvertebrates on the exchange of solutes between sediments and freshwater. Hydrobiologia 122:19-33.
20. McCall, P.L. and J.B. Fisher. 1980. Effects of tubificid oligochaetes on physical and chemical properties of Lake Erie sediments. In R.O. Brinkhurst and D.O. Cook, eds., Aquatic Oligochaete Biology. Plenum, New York, NY, USA, pp. 253-318.
21. Aller, R.C. 1978. Experimental studies of changes produced by deposit feeders on pore water, sediment, and overlying water chemistry. Am. J. Sci. 278:1185-1234.
22. Ankley, G.T. 1996. Evaluation of metal/acid-volatile sulfide relationships in the prediction of metal bioaccumulation by benthic macroinvertebrates. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2138-2146.
23. Robbins, J.A., T. Keilty and D.S. White. 1989. Relationships among tubificid abundances, sediment composition, and accumulation rates in Lake Erie. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 46:223-231.
24. Brinkhurst, R.O. 1970. Distribution and abundance of tubificid (oligochaeta) species in Toronto Harbour, Lake Ontario. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 27:1961-1969.
25. Leonard, E.N., V.R. Mattson and G.T. Ankley. 1995. Horizonspecific oxidation of acid volatile sulfide in relation to the toxicity of cadmium spiked into a freshwater sediment. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 28:78-84.
26. Benoit, D.A., G.L. Phipps and G.T. Ankley. 1993. A sediment testing intermittent renewal system for the automated renewal of overlying water in toxicity tests with contaminated sediments. Water Res. 27:1403-1412.
27. Brooke, L.T., G.T. Ankley, D.J. Call and P.M. Cook. 1996. Gut content weight and clearance rate for three species of freshwater invertebrates. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:223-228.
28. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1994. Microwave assisted acid digestion of sediments, sludges, soils and oils. Method 3051. SW-846. Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, DC.
29. Sokal, R.R. and S.J. Rohlf. 1981. Biometry. WH. Freeman, New York, NY, USA.
30. Di Toro, D.M., J.D. Mahony, D.J. Hansen and W.J. Berry. 1996. A model of the oxidation of iron and cadmium sulfide in sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2168-2186.
31. Leonard, E.N., G.T. Ankley and R.A. Hoke. 1996. Evaluation of metals in marine and freshwater surficial sediments from the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program relative to proposed sediment quality criteria for metals. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2221-2232.
32. White, D.S., P.C. Klair and J.A. Robbins. 1987. Effects of temperature and density on sediment reworking by Stylodrilus heringianus (Oligochaeta: Lumbriculidae). J. Great Lakes Res. 13:147-156.
33. Sibley, P.K., G.T. Ankley, A.M. Cotter and E.N. Leonard. 1996. Predicting chronic toxicity of sediments spiked with zinc: An evaluation of the acid-volatile sulfide model using a life-cycle test with the midge Chironomus tentons. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15:2102-2112.
34. Timmermans, K.R., W. Peeters and M. Tonkes. 1992. Cadmium, zinc, lead and copper in Chironomus riparius (Meigen) larvae (Diptera, Chironomidae): Uptake and effects. Hydrobiologia 241:119-134.
35. Mahony, J.D., D.M. Di Toro, A.M. Gonzalez, M. Curto, M. Dilg, L.D. De Rosa and L.A. Sparrow. 1996. Partitioning of metals to sediment organic carbon. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15: 2187-2197.
36. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1994. Equilibrium partitioning approach to predicting metal bioavailability in sediments and the derivation of sediment quality criteria for metals, Volume 1 - Briefing report to the Science Advisory Board. EPA 822-D-94-002. Office of Water, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC.
37. Ankley, G.T., et al. 1994. Assessing the potential bioavailability of metals in sediments: A proposed approach. Environ. Manage. 18:331-337.