Toxicity of haloacetic acids to freshwater algae

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-61

  Roberts, Jayne F ^a   van Egmond, Roger ^a   Price, Oliver R ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquatic toxicity; By products; Haloacetic acids; Hypochlorite

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; ALGA; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; FRESHWATER SPECIES; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCENEDESMUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA; SCENEDESMUS; TOXICITY TESTS; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; DESMODESMUS SUBSPICATUS; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

EID: 70449527768     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Adams N., and Dobbs A.J. A comparison of results from 2 test methods for assessing the toxicity of aminotriazole to Selenastrum-Capricornutum. Chemosphere 13 (1984) 965-971
2. Bednarz T. The effect of pesticides on the growth of green and blue-green algae cultures. Acta Hydrobiol. 23 (1981) 155-172
3. Berg M., Muller S.R., Muhlemann J., Wiedmer A., and Schwarzenbach R.P. Concentrations and mass fluxes of chloroacetic acids and trifluoroacetic acid in rain and natural waters in Switzerland. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34 (2000) 2675-2683
4. Bloch D.R. Organic Chemistry Demystified (2006), McGraw-Hill Professional
5. Bowden D.J., Clegg S.L., and Brimblecombe P. The Henry's law constant of trifluoroacetic acid and its partitioning into liquid water in the atmosphere. Chemosphere 32 (1996) 405-420
6. BUA (Beratergremium für umweltrelevante Altstoffe), 1993. Monochloroacetic acid, sodium monochloroacetic acid. BUA Report 127, S. Hirzel.
7. EC (European Communities) 1993. Council Regulations (EEC) 793/93. Official Journal of the European Communities L 084, 05/04/1993. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, pp. 1-75.
8. EC (European Commission), 2000. IUCLID dataset: trichloroacetic acid (CAS No. 76-03-9), February.
9. ECETOC, 1999. Monochloroacetic acid (CAS No. 79-11-8) and it sodium salt (CAS No. 3926-62-3). JACC Report No. 38.
10. Garten C.T.J. Multispecies methods of testing for toxicity: use of the rhizobium-legume symbiosis in nitrogen fixation and correlations between responses by algae and terrestrial plants. ASTM STP 1091. In: Wang W., Gorsuch J.W., and Lower W.R. (Eds). Plants for toxicity assessment (1990), American Society of Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA 69-84
11. Haiber G., Jacob G., Niedan V., Nkusi G., and Scholer H.F. The occurrence of trichloroacetic acid (TCAA) - Indications of a natural production?. Chemosphere 33 (1996) 839-849
12. Hanson M.L., and Solomon K.R. Haloacetic acids in the aquatic environment. Part I: macrophyte toxicity. Environ. Pollut. 130 (2004) 371-383
13. Hanson M.L., and Solomon K.R. Haloacetic acids in the aquatic environment. Part II: ecological risk assessment. Environ. Pollut. 130 (2004) 385-401
14. Hoshina R., Kamako S.-I., and Imamura N. Phylogenetic position of endosymbiotic green algae in Paramecium bursaria Ehrenberg from Japan. Plant Biol. 6 (2004) 447-453
15. Huss V.A.R., Dorr R., Grossmann U., and Kessler E. Deoxyribonucleic-acid reassociation in the taxonomy of the Genus Chlorella .1. Chlorella-Sorokiniana. Arch. Microbiol. 145 (1986) 329-333
16. Huss V.A.R., and Sogin M.L. Phylogenetic position of some Chlorella species Within the Chlorococcales based upon complete small-subunit ribosomal-RNA Sequences. J. Mol. Evol. 31 (1990) 432-442
17. Huss V.A.R., Frank C., Hartmann E.C., Hirmer M., Kloboucek A., Seidel B.M., Wenzeler P., and Kessler E. Biochemical taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the genus Chlorella sensu latoc (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 35 (1999) 587-598
18. ISO (International Standard Organisation 8692),1989 (E). Water quality-fresh water algal growth inhibition test with Scenedesmus subspicatus and Selenastrum capricornutum.
19. Jankowski A. Badania nad selekja glonów dla potrzeb kultur masowych. Kraków, Inst. Zootechnol. 176 (1964)
20. Kamaya Y., Takada T., and Suzuki K. Effect of medium phosphate levels on the sensitivity of Selenastrum capricomutum to chemicals. B. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 73 (2004) 995-1000
21. Klaine S.J., and Ward C.H. Growth-optimized algal bioassays for toxicity evaluation. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2 (1983) 245-249
22. Krienitz L., Hegewald E.H., Hepperle D., Huss V.A.R., Rohr T., and Wolf M. Phylogenic relationship of Chlorella and Parachlorella gen. nov (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae). Phycologia 43 (2004) 529-542
23. Kühn R., and Pattard M. Results of the harmful effects of water pollutants to green algae (Scenedesmus subspicatus) in the cell multiplication inhibition test. Water Res. 24 (1990) 31-38
24. Lewis T.E., Wolfinger T.F., and Barta M.L. The ecological effects of trichloroacetic acid in the environment. Environ. Int. 30 (2004) 1119-1150
25. Malliarou E., Collins C., Granham N., and Nieuwenhuijsen M.J. Haloacetic acids in drinking water in the United Kingdom. Water Res. 39 (2005) 2722-2730
26. Millington L., Goulding K., and Adams N. The influence of growth medium composition on the toxicity of chemicals to algae. Water Res. 22 (1988) 1593-1597
27. Muyssen B.T.A., and Janssen C.R. Zinc acclimation and its effect on the zinc tolerance of Raphidocelis subcapitata and Chlorella vulgaris in laboratory experiments. Chemosphere 45 (2001) 507-514
28. Nichols H.W. Growth media-freshwater. In: Stein J.R. (Ed). Handbook of Phycological Methods (1973), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 7-24
29. OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)., 2006. Freshwater Alga and Cyanobacteria, Growth Inhibition test. Test Guideline 201. Paris, France
30. Scholer H.F., Keppler F., Fahimi I.J., and Niedan V.W. Fluxes of trichloroacetic acid between atmosphere, biota, soil, and groundwater. Chemosphere 52 (2003) 339-354
31. Shabana E.F., Battah M.G., Kobbia I.A., and Eladel H.M. Effect of pendimethalin on growth and photosynthetic activity of Protosiphon botryoides in different nutrient states. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 49 (2001) 106-110
32. Smith W.L. Human and environmental safety of hypochlorite. In: Cakn A. (Ed). Proceedings of the Third World Conference on Detergents, Global Perspectives (1994), AOCS Press, Champaign, II 183-192
33. UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), 2000. Trichloroacetic acid, CAS No. 76-03-9. Screening information data set (SIDS) for high production volume chemicals. United Nations inter-organisation programme for the sound management of chemicals, pp. 164-211.
34. US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). Disinfectants and disinfection byproducts; final rule. Fed. Regist. 63 241 (1998) 69478
35. Vermeire T., Rikken M., Attias L., Boccardi P., Boeije G., Brooke D., de Bruijn J., Comber M., Dolan B., Fischer S., Heinemeyer G., Koch V., Lijzen J., Muller B., Murray-Smith R., and Tadeo J. European Union system for the evaluation of substances: the second version. Chemosphere 59 (2005) 473-485
36. Yamamoto M., Nozaki H., and Miyazawa Y. Relationship between presence of a mother cell wall and speciation in the unicellular microalga Nannochloris (Chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 39 (2003) 172-184