Sensitivities of Australian and New Zealand amphipods to copper and zinc in waters and metal-spiked sediments

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1466-1476

  King, Catherine K ^a   Gale, Sharyn A ^b   Hyne, Ross V ^c   Stauber, Jenny L ^a   Simpson, Stuart L ^a   Hickey, Christopher W ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphipods; Bioaccumulation; Metals; Toxicity; Whole sediment toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; ZINC;

AMPHIPODS; BIOACCUMULATION; WHOLE SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

COPPER; METAL; WATER; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

AMPHIPOD; BENTHOS; HEAVY METAL; JUVENILE; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY;

AMPHIPODA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; LC 50; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AMPHIPODA; CHAETOCOROPHIUM LUCASI; CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; COROPHIUM; GRANDIDIERELLA JAPONICA; HYALE; HYALE CRASSICORNIS; MELITA;

EID: 33646393808     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Adams W.J., Green A.S., Ahlf W., Brown S.S., Burton G.A., Chadwick B., Crane M., Gouget R., Ho K.T., Hogstand C., Reynoldson T.B., Ringwood A.H., Savitz J.D., and Sibley P.K. Using sediment assessment tools and a weight-of evidence approach. In: Wenning R.J., Batley G.E., Ingersoll C.G., and Moore D.W. (Eds). Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments (2005), SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL
2. Ahsanullah M., and Florence T.M. Toxicity of copper to the marine amphipod Allorchestes compressa in the presence of water- and lipid-soluble ligands. Mar. Biol. 84 (1984) 41-45
3. ANZECC/ARMCANZ (Australian and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council/Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand), 2000. Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality. Australia and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council/Agricultural and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
4. ASTM, 2003. Standard test method for measuring the toxicity of sediment-associated contaminants with estuarine and marine invertebrates. ASTM Designation: E 1367-03. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia.
5. Bat L., Raffaelli D., and Marr I.L. The accumulation of copper, zinc, and cadmium by the amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas). J. Expt. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 223 (1998) 67-184
6. Batley G.E., Stahl R.G., Babut M.P., Bott T.L., Clark J.R., Field L.J., Ho K.T., Mount D.R., Swartz R.C., and Tessier A. Scientific underpinnings of sediment quality guidelines. In: Wenning R.J., Batley G.E., Ingersoll C.G., and Moore D.W. (Eds). Use of Sediment Quality Guidelines and Related Tools for the Assessment of Contaminated Sediments (2005), SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL
7. Berry W.J., Hansen D.J., Mahony J.D., Robson D.L., Di Toro D.M., Shipley B.P., Rogers B., Corbin J.M., and Boothman W.S. Predicting the toxicity of metal-spiked laboratory sediments using acid-volatile sulfide and interstitial water normalisations. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 15 (1996) 2067-2079
8. Besser J.M., Brumbaugh W.G., May T.W., and Ingersoll C.G. Effect of organic amendments on the toxicity and bioavailability of cadmium and copper in spiked formulated sediments. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22 (2003) 805-815
9. Black, A.J., 2003. Environmental assessment in sea disposal of contaminated dredge spoils and excavated materials in temperate and tropical ecosystems of Western Australia. PhD thesis, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
10. Borgmann U. Methods for assessing the toxicological significance of metals in aquatic ecosystems: bioaccumulation-toxicity relationships, water concentrations and sediment spiking approaches. Aquat. Ecosyst. Health Manage. 3 (2000) 277-289
11. Borgmann U. Derivation of cause-effect based sediment quality guidelines. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60 (2003) 352-360
12. Borgmann U., and Norwood W.P. Kinetics of excess (above background) copper and zinc in Hyalella azteca and their relationship to chronic toxicity. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52 (1995) 864-874
13. Costa F.O., Correia A.D., and Costa M.H. Acute marine sediment toxicity: a potential new test with the amphipod Gammarus locusta. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 40 (1998) 81-87
14. Hyne R.V., and Everett D.A. Application of a benthic euryhaline amphipod, Corophium sp. as a sediment toxicity testing organism for both estuarine and freshwater systems. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 34 (1998) 26-33
15. Hyne R.V., Gale S.A., and King C.K. Laboratory culture and life cycle experiments with the benthic amphipod Melita plumulosa Zeidler. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24 (2005) 2065-2073
16. Ingersoll, C.G., Dillon, T., Biddinger, G.R., 1997. Ecological risk assessment of contaminated sediments. SETAC Pellston Workshop on Sediment Ecological Risk Assessment, 1995, Pacific Grove, California. SETAC, Pensacola, FL, USA, 390p.
17. King C.K., Dowse M.C., Simpson S.L., and Jolley D.F. An assessment of five Australian polychaetes and bivalves for use in whole sediment toxicity tests: toxicity and accumulation of copper and zinc from water and sediment. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 47 (2004) 314-323
18. King C.K., Simpson S.L., Smith S.V., Stauber J.L., and Batley G.E. Short-term accumulation of Cd and Cu from water, sediment and algae by the amphipod Melita plumulosa and the bivalve Tellina deltoidalis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 287 (2005) 177-188
19. Lowry J.K. A new species of Corophium from eastern Australian estuaries (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophiidae: Corophiinae: Corophiini). Zootaxa 754 (2004) 1-10
20. Lowry, J.K., Berents, P.B., Springthorpe, R.T., 2000a. Amphipoda: Melitidae descriptions. Version 2: 2 October 2000. Available from: .
21. Lowry, J.K., Berents, P.B., Springthorpe, R.T. 2000b. Australian Amphipoda: Aoridae descriptions. Version 1: 2 October 2000. Available from: .
22. Marsden I.D., and Rainbow P.S. Does the accumulation of trace metals in crustaceans affect their ecology-the amphipod example?. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 300 (2004) 373-408
23. McPherson C.A., and Chapman P.M. Copper effects on potential sediment test organisms: the importance of appropriate sensitivity. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40 (2000) 656-665
24. Riba I., Garcia-Luque E., Blasco J., and Delvalls T.A. Bioavailability of heavy metals bound to estuarine sediments as a function of pH and salinity values. Chem. Spec. Bioavail. 15 (2003) 101-114
25. Schlekat C.E., McGee B.L., and Reinharz E. Testing sediment toxicity in Chesapeake Bay with the amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus: an evaluation. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 11 (1992) 225-236
26. Simpson S.L. An exposure-effect model for calculating copper effect concentrations in sediments with varying copper binding properties a synthesis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 7089-7096
27. Simpson S.L., and King C.K. Exposure-pathway models explain causality in whole-sediment toxicity tests. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (2005) 837-843
28. Simpson S.L., Pryor I.D., Mewburn B., Batley G.E., and Jolley D.F. Considerations for capping metal-contaminated sediments in dynamic estuarine environments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36 (2002) 3772-3778
29. Simpson S.L., Angel B.M., and Jolley D.F. Metal equilibration in laboratory-contaminated (spiked) sediments used for the development of whole-sediment toxicity tests. Chemosphere 54 (2004) 597-609
30. Swartz R.C., Kemp P.F., Schults D.W., and Lamberson J.O. Effects of mixtures of sediment contaminants on the marine infaunal amphipod, Rhepoxynius abronius. Environ Toxicol. Chem 7 (1988) 1013-1020
31. ToxCalc, 1994. ToxCalc users guide. Comprehensive toxicity data analysis and database software, version 5.0.23C, Tidepool Scientific Software, McKinleyville, CA, USA.
32. USEPA, 1994. Methods for assessing the toxicity of sediment-associated contaminants with estuarine and marine amphipods. EPA/600/R-94/025. Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, Minnesota.