Effects of ammonia on juvenile unionid mussels (Lampsilis cardium) in laboratory sediment toxicity tests

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2554-2560

  Newton, Teresa J ^a   Allran, John W ^b   O'Donnell, Jonathan A ^b   Bartsch, Michelle R ^a   Richardson, William B ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Freshwater mussels; Juveniles; Toxicity; Unionids

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEDIMENTS; TOXICITY; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

MUSSELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AMMONIA; FRESH WATER;

AMMONIA; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HETEROTROPHY; LABORATORY; LAMPSILIS CARDIUM; LC 50; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARDIUM; INVERTEBRATA; LAMPSILIS; LAMPSILIS CARDIUM; MOLLUSCA; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0141860090     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-342     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Williams JD, Warren ML Jr, Cummings KS, Harris JL, Neves RJ. 1993. Conservation status of freshwater mussels of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 18:6-22.
2. Bogan AE. 1993. Freshwater bivalve extinctions (Mollusca: Unionoida): A search for causes. Am Zool 33:599-609.
3. Sheehan RJ, Neves RJ, Kitchel HE. 1989. Fate of freshwater mussels transplanted to formerly polluted reaches of the Clinch and North Fork Holston Rivers, Virginia. J Freshw Ecol 5:139-149.
4. Arthur JW, Corlis WW, Allen KN, Hedtke SE 1987. Seasonal toxicity of ammonia to five fish and nine invertebrate species. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 38:324-331.
5. Keller AE, Zam SG. 1991. The acute toxicity of selected metals to the freshwater mussel, Anodonta imbecilis. Environ Toxicol Chem 10:539-546.
6. Hickey CW, Vickers ML. 1994. Toxicity of ammonia to nine native New Zealand freshwater invertebrate species. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 26:292-298.
7. Bauer G. 1992. Variation in the life span and size of the freshwater pearl mussel. J Anim Ecol 61:425-436.
8. Naimo TJ. 1995. A review of the effects of heavy metals on freshwater mussels. Ecotoxicology 4:341-362.
9. Lasee BA. 1991. Histological and ultrastructural studies of larval and juvenile Lampsilis (Bivalvia) from the upper Mississippi River. PhD thesis. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
10. Jacobson PJ, Farris JL, Cherry DS. 1993. Juvenile freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) responses to acute toxicity testing with copper. Environ Toxicol Chem 12:879-883.
11. Yeager MM, Cherry DS, Neves RJ. 1994. Feeding and burrowing behaviors of juvenile rainbow mussels, Villosa iris (Bivalvia: Unionidae). J North Am Benthol Soc 13:217-222.
12. Giesy JP, Rosiu CJ, Graney RL, Henry MG. 1990. Benthic invertebrate bioassays with toxic sediment and pore water. Environ Toxicol Chem 9:233-248.
13. Wilson DM, Naimo TJ, Wiener JG, Anderson RV, Sandheinrich MB, Sparks RE. 1995. Declining populations of the fingernail clam Musculium transversum in the Upper Mississippi River. Hydrobiologia 304:209-220.
14. Sparks RE, Sandusky MJ. 1981. Identification of factors responsible for decreased production of fish food organisms in the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Final Report Project 3-291-R. Illinois Natural History Survey River Research Laboratory, Havana, IL, USA.
15. Myers-Kinzie M. 1998. Factors affecting survival and recruitment of unionid mussels in small midwestern streams. PhD thesis. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
16. McKinney AD, Wade DC. 1996. Comparative response of Ceriodaphnia dubia and juvenile Anodonta imbecillis to pulp and paper mill effluents discharged to the Tennessee River and its tributaries. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:514-517.
17. Whiteman FW, Ankley GT, Kahl MD, Rau DM, Balcer MD. 1996. Evaluation of interstitial water as a route of exposure for ammonia in sediment tests with benthic macroinvertebrates. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:794-801.
18. Berner RA. 1980. Early Diagenesis: A Theoretical Approach. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, USA.
19. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1999. 1999 update of ambient water quality criteria for ammonia. EPA-822-R-99-014. Office of Water, Washington, DC.
20. Parmalee PW, Bogan AE. 1998. The Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN, USA.
21. Waller DL, Holland-Bartels LE. 1988. Fish hosts for glochidia of the endangered freshwater mussel Lampsilis higginsi Lea (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Malacol Rev 21:119-122.
22. American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation. 1995. Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 19th ed. American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
23. Emerson K, Russo RC, Lund RE, Thurston RV. 1975. Aqueous ammonia equilibrium calculations: Effect of pH and temperature. J Fish Res Board Can 32:2379-2383.
24. McCullagh P, Nelder JA. 1989. Generalized Linear Models, 2nd ed. Chapman & Hall, London, UK.
25. American Society for Testing and Materials. 1989. Standard practice for conducting static acute toxicity tests with larvae of four species of bivalve molluscs. E-724-89. In Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.04. Philadelphia, PA, pp 272-296.
26. Frazier BE, Naimo TJ, Sandheinrich MB. 1996. Temporal and vertical distribution of total ammonia nitrogen and un-ionized ammonia nitrogen in sediment pore water from the upper Mississippi River. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:92-99.
27. Keller AE. 1993. Acute toxicity of several pesticides, organic compounds, and a wastewater effluent to the freshwater mussel, Anodonta imbecilis, Ceriodaphnia dubia, and Pimephales promelas. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 51:696-702.
28. Keller AE, Ruessler DS. 1997. The toxicity of malathion to unionid mussels: Relationships to expected concentrations. Environ Toxicol Chem 16:1028-1033.
29. Goudreau SE, Neves RJ, Sheehan RJ. 1993. Effects of wastewater treatment plant effluents on freshwater mollusks in the upper Clinch River, Virginia, USA. Hydrobiologia 252:211-230.
30. Wade DC. 1992. Definitive evaluation of Wheeler Reservoir sediment toxicity using freshwater mussels (Anodonta imbecillis Say). Tennessee Valley Authority Report TVA/WR-92/25. Muscle Shoals, AL, USA.
31. Mummert AK, Neves RJ, Newcomb TJ, Cherry DS. 2003. Sensitivity of juvenile freshwater mussels (Lampsilis fasciola, Villosa iris) to total and un-ionized ammonia. Environ Toxicol Chem 22: 2545-2553.
32. Warren LW. 1996. The use of juvenile mussels Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia: Unionidae), as a standardized toxicity testing organism. PhD thesis. Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
33. Augspurger T, Keller AE, Black MC, Cope WG, Dwyer FJ. 2003. Water quality guidance for protection of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) from ammonia exposure. Environ Toxicol Chem 22: 2569-2575.
34. Bartsch MR, Newton TJ, Allran JW, O'Donnell JA, Richardson WB. 2003. Effects of porewater ammonia on in situ survival and growth of juvenile mussels (Lampsilis cardium) in the St. Croix Riverway, Wisconsin, USA. Environ Toxicol Chem 22:2561-2568.