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

King, CK; Gale, SA; Hyne, RV; Stauber, JL; Simpson, SL; Hickey, CW

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

King, CK Gale, SA Hyne, RV Stauber, JL Simpson, SL Hickey, CW

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Citation:: Chemosphere, 2006, 63 (9), pp. 1466 - 1476
Issue Date:: 2006-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	King, CK	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gale, SA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hyne, RV	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Stauber, JL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Simpson, SL	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hickey, CW	en_US
dc.date.available	2005-09-26	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Chemosphere, 2006, 63 (9), pp. 1466 - 1476	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0045-6535	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/625
dc.description.abstract	The sensitivities of eight benthic amphipods, Chaetocorophium cf. lucasi, Corophium colo, Grandidierella japonica, Hyale crassicornis, Hyale longicornis, Melita awa, Melita matilda and Melita plumulosa, to copper and zinc in water-only and whole-sediment toxicity tests were compared. Whole-sediment tests used copper- (1300 mg/kg) and zinc- (4000 mg/kg) spiked sediments after equilibration for sufficient time to produce pore water and overlying water concentrations below the lowest observable effect concentrations of water-only exposures. Survival of adults (after 10 d) and juveniles (after 96 h), and the metal concentrations in the body tissues of adults, were determined at the end of the tests. Two epibenthic amphipods from the genus Melita were the most sensitive species to aqueous copper and zinc, with a 96-h LC50 value of 120 μg Cu/l for both M. awa and M. plumulosa juveniles, and a 96-h LC50 value of 640 μg Zn/l for juveniles of M. plumulosa. Juvenile amphipods (7-d old) were more sensitive than adult amphipods (>30-d old) in both water-only and whole-sediment tests, with adult-LC50/juvenile-LC50 ratios in water-only tests ranging from 1.2 to l.5 for copper and 1 to 1.4 for zinc. All species except C. colo, C. cf. lucasi and M. matilda were sensitive to the copper-spiked sediment, with survival between 14% and 74% of controls. Similarly, all species except C. colo and G. japonica, showed a response to the zinc-spiked sediment (26-81% of control survival). The epibenthic amphipods were more sensitive than the infaunal tube-dwelling amphipods and are recommended as test species. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Chemosphere	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.020	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Amphipoda	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Copper	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Zinc	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Water Pollutants, Chemical	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sensitivity and Specificity	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Toxicity Tests	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Environmental Monitoring	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Species Specificity	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Geologic Sediments	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	New Zealand	en_US
dc.title	Sensitivities of Australian and New Zealand amphipods to copper and zinc in waters and metal-spiked sediments	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	9	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	63	en_US
utslib.for	0399 Other Chemical Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	9	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	63	en_US

Abstract:

The sensitivities of eight benthic amphipods, Chaetocorophium cf. lucasi, Corophium colo, Grandidierella japonica, Hyale crassicornis, Hyale longicornis, Melita awa, Melita matilda and Melita plumulosa, to copper and zinc in water-only and whole-sediment toxicity tests were compared. Whole-sediment tests used copper- (1300 mg/kg) and zinc- (4000 mg/kg) spiked sediments after equilibration for sufficient time to produce pore water and overlying water concentrations below the lowest observable effect concentrations of water-only exposures. Survival of adults (after 10 d) and juveniles (after 96 h), and the metal concentrations in the body tissues of adults, were determined at the end of the tests. Two epibenthic amphipods from the genus Melita were the most sensitive species to aqueous copper and zinc, with a 96-h LC50 value of 120 μg Cu/l for both M. awa and M. plumulosa juveniles, and a 96-h LC50 value of 640 μg Zn/l for juveniles of M. plumulosa. Juvenile amphipods (7-d old) were more sensitive than adult amphipods (>30-d old) in both water-only and whole-sediment tests, with adult-LC50/juvenile-LC50 ratios in water-only tests ranging from 1.2 to l.5 for copper and 1 to 1.4 for zinc. All species except C. colo, C. cf. lucasi and M. matilda were sensitive to the copper-spiked sediment, with survival between 14% and 74% of controls. Similarly, all species except C. colo and G. japonica, showed a response to the zinc-spiked sediment (26-81% of control survival). The epibenthic amphipods were more sensitive than the infaunal tube-dwelling amphipods and are recommended as test species. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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