Accounting for both local aquatic community composition and bioavailability in setting site-specific quality standards for zinc

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-117

  Peters, Adam ^a   Simpson, Peter ^a   Moccia, Alessandra ^b  

^a WCA ENVIRONMENT LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Biotic ligand model; Quality standard; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIGAND; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

INVERTEBRATA;

METAL; PESTICIDE; ZINC;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MINING; RIVER; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; MINING; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 84891634345     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1720-z     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Beltman D, Clements W, Lipton J, Cacela D (1999) Benthic invertebrate metals exposure, accumulation and community-level effects downstream from a hard-rock mine site. Environ Toxicol Chem 18: 299-307.
2. Bossuyt BTA, Janssen CR (2005) Multigeneration acclimation of Daphnia magna Straus to different bioavailable copper concentrations. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 61: 327-336.
3. Brix K, De Forest D, Adams W (2011) The sensitivity of aquatic insects to divalent metals: A comparative analysis of laboratory and field data. Sci Total Environ 409: 4187-4197.
4. Buchwalter D, Cain D, Clements W, Luoma S (2007) Using biodynamic models to reconcile differences between laboratory toxicity tests and field biomonitoring with aquatic insects. Environ Sci Technol 41: 4821-4828.
5. Carlisle D, Clements W (1999) Sensitivity and variability of metrics used in biological assessments of running waters. Environ Toxicol Chem 18: 285-291.
6. Clark RT, Davy-Bowker J, Murphy J, Furse MT (2004) RIVPACS III+ (Great Britain) user manual. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dorchester.
7. Clarke RT, Furse MT, Davy-Bowker J, Clarke RT, Furse MT, Davy-Bowker J (2003a) Analysis of 1995 survey data: phase 1 post-survey appraisal. Unit I: changes in biological condition. R&D Technical Report E103. Environment Agency, Bristol.
8. Clarke RT, Wright JF, Furse MT (2003b) RIVPACS models for predicting the expected macroinvertebrate fauna and assessing the ecological quality of rivers. Ecol Model 160: 219-233.
9. Clarke R, Davy-Bowker J, Sandin L, Friberg N, Johnson R, Bis B (2006) Estimates of comparisons of the effects of sampling variation using "national" macroinvertebrate sampling protocols on the precision of metrics used to assess ecological status. Hydrobiologia 566: 477-503.
10. Crane M, Maltby L (1991) The lethal and sublethal responses of Gammarus pulex to stress: Sensitivity and variation in an in-situ assay. Environ Toxicol Chem 10: 1331-1339.
11. ECB (2003) Technical Guidance Document on risk assessment in support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC on risk assessment for new notified substances, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 on risk assessment for existing substances, Directive 98/8/EC of the European parliament and the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market. Part II. European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra.
12. Environment Agency (2009a) Ecological indicators for abandoned mines, phase 1: review of the literature. SC030136-49/SR. Environment Agency, Bristol.
13. Environment Agency (2009b) Using biotic ligand models to help implement environmental quality standards for metals under the Water Framework Directive. Science Report-SC080021/SR7b. Environment Agency, Bristol.
14. Environment Agency (2011) Method statement for the classification on surface water bodies v2. 0 (external release). Environment Agency, Bristol.
15. Esbaugh AJ, Brix KV, Mager EM, de Schamphelaere K, Grosell M (2012) Multi-linear regression analysis, preliminary biotic ligand modelling, and cross species comparison of the effects of water chemistry on chronic lead toxicity in invertebrates. Comp Biochem Physiol C 155: 423-431.
16. European Union (2011) Common Implementation Strategy for the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). Guidance document no. 27. Technical guidance for deriving environmental quality standards. European Communities. European Commission, Brussels.
17. Hickey C, Clements W (1998) Effects of heavy metals on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in New Zealand streams. Environ Toxicol Chem 17: 2338-2346.
18. ISO (2008) Water Quality-sampling-part 20: guidance on the use of sampling data for decision making-compliance with thresholds and classification systems. ISO 566-20: 2008. ISO, Geneva.
19. Kiffney P, Clements W (1996) Effects of metals on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages from different altitudes. Ecol Appl 6: 472-481.
20. Klepper O, Bakker J, Traas TP, van de Meent D (1998) Mapping the potentially affected fraction (PAF) of species as a basis for comparison of ecotoxicological risks between substances and regions. J Hazard Mater 61: 337-344.
21. Kwok KWH, Bjorgesteter A, Leung KMY, Lui GCS, Gray JS, Shin PKS, Lam PKS (2008) Deriving site-specific sediment quality guidelines for Hong Kong marine environments using field based species sensitivity distributions. Environ Sci Technol 27: 226-234.
22. Leung KMY, Bjorgesteter A, Gray JS, Li WK, Lui GCS, Wang Y, Lam PKS (2005) Deriving sediment quality guidelines from field-based species sensitivity distributions. Environ Sci Technol 39: 5148-5156.
23. Mebane C, Dillon F, Hennessy D (2012) Acute toxicity of cadmium, lead, zinc, and their mixtures to stream resident fish and invertebrates. Environ Toxicol Chem 31: 1334-1348.
24. Niyogi S, Wood CM (2004) Biotic ligand model, a flexible tool for developing site-specific water quality guidelines for metals. Environ Sci Technol 38: 6177-6192.
25. Pagenkopf GK (1983) Gill surface interaction model for trace-metal toxicity to fishes: role of complexation, pH, and water hardness. Environ Sci Technol 17: 342-347.
26. Paquin PR, Gorsuch JW, Apte S, Batley GE, Bowles KC, Campbell PGC, Delos CG, Di Toro DM, Dwyer RL, Galvez F, Gensemer RW, Goss GG, Hogstrand C, Janssen CR, Mcgeer JC, Naddy RB, Playle RC, Santore RC, Schneider U, Stubblefield WA, Wood CM, Wu K (2002) The biotic ligand model: A historical overview. Comp Biochem Physiol C: Toxicol Pharmacol 133: 3-35.
27. Playle R (1998) Modelling metal interactions at fish gills. Sci Total Environ 219: 147-163.
28. Posthuma L, Suter GW, Traas TP (2002) Species sensitivity distributions in ecotoxicology. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
29. Santore RC, Di Toro DM, Paquin PR, Allen HE, Meyer JS (2001) Biotic ligand model of the acute toxicity of metals. 2. Application to acute copper toxicity in freshwater fish and Daphnia. Environ Toxicol Chem 20: 2397-2402.
30. Schlekat C, van Genderen E, De Schamphelaere K, Antunnes P, Rogevich E, Stubblefield W (2010) Cross-species extrapolation of chronic nickel biotic ligand models. Sci Total Environ 408: 6148-6157.
31. Tipping E (1994) WHAMC-a chemical equilibrium model and computer code for waters, sediments, and soils incorporating a discrete site/electrostatic model of ion-binding by humic substances. Comput Geosci 20: 973-1023.
32. Tipping E (1998) Humic ion-binding model VI: An improved description of the interactions of protons and metal ions with humic substances. Aquat Geochem 4: 3-48.
33. van Sprang P, Verdonck F, van Assche F, Regoli L, De Schamphelaere K (2009) Environmental risk assessment of zinc in European freshwaters: A critical appraisal. Sci Total Environ 407: 5373-5391.
34. van Vlaardingen P, Trass T, Aldenburg T, Wintersen A (2004) ETX 2. 0 by RIVM-normal distribution based hazardous concentration and fraction affected. RIVM, Biltoven.
35. Wright JF, Sutcliffe DW, Furse MT (2000) Assessing the biological quality of fresh waters: RIVPACS and other techniques. Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, Cumbria.