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16002194

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
This study developed and evaluated a short-term sublethal in situ toxicity assay for estuarine sediment-overlying waters, with the crab Carcinus maenas (L.) based on postexposure feeding. It consisted of a 48-h in situ exposure period followed by a short postexposure feeding period (30 min). A precise method for quantifying feeding, using the Polychaeta Hediste (Nereis) diversicolor Müller as food source, was first developed. The sensitivity of the postexposure feeding response was verified by comparing it to that of lethality, upon cadmium exposure. The influence of environmental conditions prevailing during exposure (salinity, temperature, substrate, light regime, and food availability) on postexposure feeding was also addressed. The potential of this in situ assay was then investigated by deploying organisms at ten sites, located in reference and contaminated Portuguese estuaries. Organism recovery ranged between 90% and 100% and a significant postexposure feeding depression (16.3-72.7%) was observed at all contaminated sites relatively to references.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0269-7491
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
139
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
318-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
An in situ postexposure feeding assay with Carcinus maenas for estuarine sediment-overlying water toxicity evaluations.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Departamento de Estudos de Populações, Largo Abel Salazar 2, 4099-003 Porto, Portugal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies