Quantification and histopathological alterations produced by sublethal concentrations of copper in Fundulus heteroclitus

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-143

  Ortiz, J B ^a   Gonzalez De Canales M L ^a   Sarasquete, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Copper; Fundulus heteroclitus; Histopathological effects; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; COPPER; POLLUTION EFFECT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0345299167     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v25i1.644     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Allen-Gil, S.M, Gubala, C.P., Dixon, H.L. and Lasorsa, B.K. (1997). Heavy metal accumulation in sediment and freshwater fish in US Arctic lakes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 16(4): 733-741.
2. Amiard, J.C., Pineau, A., Boiteau, H.L., Metayer, C. y Amiard-Triquet, C. (1987). Application de la spectrometric d'absortion atomique Zeeman aux dosages de huit elements traces (Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb et Se) dans des matrices biologiques solides. Water Res., 21(6): 693-697.
3. Arillo, A., Margiocco, C. and Medina, F. (1979). The gill sialic acid as an index of environmental stress in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri, (R). J. Fish Biol., 15:405-410.
4. Baker, J.T.P. (1969). Histological and electron microscopical observations on copper poisoning in the winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada, 26: 2785-2973.
5. Benedetti, I., Albano, A.G. and Mola, L. (1989). Histomorphological changes in some organs of the brown bullhead, Ictalurus nebulosus LeSueur, following short and long term exposure to copper. J. Fish Biol., 34: 273-280.
6. Blasco, J., Puppo, J., González de Canales, M.L. y Sarasquete, M.C. (1993). Acumulación y efectos histopatológicos del Cu en Liza aurata L. y Sparus aurata L. Ser. Química Oceanográfica, Ser. II, Vol. 2/3: 159-174.
7. Blasco, J., Arellano, J., Navarro, A., Sánchez del Pino, M.J. and Sarasquete, C. (1998). Copper accumulation and oxidative stress in Solea senegalensis. Interfaces in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. 8th Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe. April, Bordeaux. France.
8. Bryan, G.W. (1971). The effects of heavy metals in marine and estuarine organisms. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. Bo, pp. 177-389.
9. Buckley, J.A., Yosida, G.A. and Wells, N.R. (1984). A cupric ion-copper bioaccumulation relationship in coho salmon exposed to copper-containing treated sewage. Com. Biochem. Physiol., 78C: 105-110
10. Bunton, T.E. and Franzier, J.M. (1994). Extrahepatic tissue copper concentrations in white perch with hepatic copper storage. J. Fish Biol., 45: 627-640.
11. Capeta da Silva, D. (1997). Efeito do cobre em peixes (Halobatrachus didactylus) e moluscos (Crassostrea angulata): quantificaçao e efeitos histopatológicos. Tesis de licenciatura, Universidade do Faro, Unidade de Ciencias e Tecnologias do Recursos Aquáticos, Portugal, 73 pp.
12. Carpené, E. and Vasák (1989). Hepatic metallothionein from goldfish (Carassius auratus L.). Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 92B: 463-468.
13. Chapman, G.A. (1978). Toxicities of cadmium, copper and zinc to four juvenile stages of chinook salmon and stellhead. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 107: 841-847.
14. Chavin, W. (1973). Teleostean endocrine and paraendocrine alterations of utility in environmental studies. In: W. Chavin (ed.), Responses of Fish to Environmental Change. Thomas, Springfield, IL, pp. 199-238.
15. Collvin (1985). Effects of copper on growth and starvation in perch, Perca fluviatilis L. J. Fish Biol., 27: 735-764.
16. Dixon, D.G. and Hilton, J.W. (1981). Influence of available dietary carbohydrate content on tolerance of waterborne copper by rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson. J. Fish Biol., 19: 509-517.
17. Eisler, R.E. and Gadner, G.R. (1973). Acute toxicology to an estuarine teleost of mixtures of cadmium, copper and zinc salts. J. Fish Biol., 5: 131-142.
18. Evans, D.H. (1987). The fish gill: Site of action and model for toxic effects of environmental pollutants. Environ. Health Persp., 71: 47-58.
19. Ferguson, H.W. (1989). Systemic Pathology of Fish. A Text and Atlas of Comparative Tissue Responses in Diseases of Teleosts. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames, 263 pp.
20. Goss, G.G., Perry, S.F., Wood, C.M. and Laurent, P. (1992). Mechanisms of ion and acid-base regulation at the gills of freshwater fish. J. Exp. Zool., 263: 143-159.
21. Grossell, M.H., Hogstrand, C. and Wood, C. (1998). Renal Cu and Na excretion and hepatic Cu metabolism in both Cu acclimated and non-acclimated rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss. Aquat. Toxicol., 40:275-291.
22. Gutiérrez, M. (1967). Coloración histológica para ovarios de peces crustáceos y moluscos. Inv. Pesq., 31(2): 265-271.
23. Haaparanta, A., Valtoven, E.T. and Hoffmann, R.W. (1997). Gill anomalies of perch and roach from four lakes differing in water quality. J. Fish Biol., 50: 575-591.
24. Harris, E.D. (1991). Copper transport: an overview. Proc. Soc. Exp. Med., 192: 130-140.
25. Hawkins, W.E., Overstreet, R.M. and Provancha, J.M. (1984). Effects of space shuttle exhaust plumes on gills of some estuarine fishes: a light and electron microscopic study. Gulf Res. Rep., 7(4): 297-309.
26. Howarth, R.S. and Sprague, J.B. (1978). Copper lethality to rainbow trout in waters of various hardness and pH. Water Res., 12: 455-462.
27. Laurén, D.J. and McDonald, D.G. (1987). Acclimation to copper by rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri: Biochemistry. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 44: 105-111.
28. Laurent, P. and Dunel, S. (1980). Morphology of gill epithelia in fish. Am. J. Physiol., 238: R147-R159.
29. Lichtenfels, A.J.F.C., Lorenzi-Filho, G., Guimaraes, E.T., Macchione, M. and Saldiva, P.H.N. (1996). Effects of water pollution on the gill apparatus of fish. J. Comp. Path., 115: 47-60.
30. Meyers, T.R. and Hendricks, J.D. (1985). Histopathology. In: G.M. Rand and S.R. Petrocelli (eds.), Fundamentals of Aquatic Toxicology. Methods and Applications. Hemisphere Publishing Corp., Washington, DC, pp. 283-331.
31. Möller, H. (1984). Daten zur Biologie der Elbfishche. Kiel: Verlag Heino Möller, 10: 467-472.
32. Olson, K.R. (1991). Vasculature of the fish gill: Anatomical correlates of physiological functions. J. Electron Microscopy Tech., 19: 389-405.
33. Ortiz, J.B., Arellano, J., Blasco, J., Sarasquete, C. y González de Canales, M.L. (1996). Fundulus heteroclitus como bioindicador del impacto ambiental producido por la contaminación de cobre en el medio marino. Primera Reunión Nacional de Inmunología y Patología de Peces Badajoz, España, noviembre de 1996.
34. Pearse, A.G.E. (1985). Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied. 4th ed. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, London & New York, 1055 pp.
35. Pelgrom, S.M.G.J., Lamers, L.P.M., Garritsen, J.A.M., Pels, B.M., Lock, R.A.C., Balm, P.H.M. and Wenderlaar Bonga, S.E. (1994). Interactions between copper and cadmium during single and combined exposure in juvenile tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus. Influence of feeding condition on whole body metal accumulation and the effect of metals on tissue water and ion content. Aquat. Toxicol., 30: 117-135.
36. Peters, G., Delventhal, H. and Klinger, H. (1980). Physiological and morphological effects of social stress in the eel (Anguilla anguilla L.). Arch. Fish Wiss., 30: 157-180.
37. Segner, H. (1987). Response of fed and starved roach, Rutilus rutilus, to sublethal copper contamination. J. Fish Biol., 30: 423-437.
38. Segner, H. and Braunbeck, T. (1990). Qualitative and quantitative assessment of the response of milkfish, Chanos chanos, fry to low-level copper exposure. Patol. Mar. Sci., 30: 347-368.
39. Segner, H. and Storch, V. (1985). Influence of water-borne iron on the liver of Poecilia reticulata. Sonderdruck Z. Angew. Ichthyol., Bd. 1, H.1, S: 39-47.
40. Stokes, P.M. (1979). Copper accumulation in freshwater biota. In: J.O. Nigrau (ed.), Copper in the Environment. Part I. Ecological Cycling. Wiley, New York, pp. 358-381.
41. Sultan, S. and Khan, S.M. (1983). Histopathological studies on the liver and gills in Carassius auratus exposed to copper sulphate. Indian J. Fish., 30: 96-98.
42. Teh, S.J., Adams, S.M. and Hinton, D.E. (1997). Histopathologic biomarkers in feral freshwater fish populations exposed to different types of contaminant stress. Aquat. Toxicol., 37: 51-70.
43. Torres, P., Tort, LL. and Flos, R. (1987). Acute toxicity of copper to Mediterranean dogfish. Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 86C(1): 169-171.