An evaluation of mixed species in-situ and ex-situ feeding assays: The altered response of Asellus aquaticus and Gammarus pulex

Bloor, Michelle; Banks, C.J.

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2005.04.004

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“…Baird et al (2007a) review the selection of test organisms and measurement endpoints for in situ assays and provide a framework for linking effects at different levels of biological organization, using G. pulex as an example. The most widely used endpoint is feeding rate, which has been employed to investigate the toxicity of farm waste (Veerasingham and Crane, 1992), pesticide spray drift (Maltby and Hills, 2008), municipal wastewaters (Maltby et al, 2002;Bundschuh et al, 2011), coal mine effluents (Maltby et al, 2002), industrial effluents (Maltby et al, 2002), and landfill leachates (Bloor and Banks, 2006), among others. The most widely used endpoint is feeding rate, which has been employed to investigate the toxicity of farm waste (Veerasingham and Crane, 1992), pesticide spray drift (Maltby and Hills, 2008), municipal wastewaters (Maltby et al, 2002;Bundschuh et al, 2011), coal mine effluents (Maltby et al, 2002), industrial effluents (Maltby et al, 2002), and landfill leachates (Bloor and Banks, 2006), among others.…”

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Gammarids as Reference Species for Freshwater Monitoring

Chaumot¹,

Geffard²,

Armengaud³

et al. 2015

Aquatic Ecotoxicology

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Gammarids as Reference Species for Freshwater Monitoring

Chaumot¹,

Geffard²,

Armengaud³

et al. 2015

Aquatic Ecotoxicology

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“…Feeding inhibition, either during or after exposure to con- taminants, has been used as an ecotoxicological endpoint in a variety of organisms, mainly aquatic but also in terrestrial species. Feeding inhibition during exposure especially has been demonstrated in the freshwater cladoceran, Daphnia magna, for a variety of pollutants [14,[28][29][30][31], and in other aquatic invertebrates [13,[32][33][34][35]. Other authors have detected feeding inhibition behavior in several crustaceans [15,23,36] and fish [37] when relocated to uncontaminated environments, after previous exposure to contaminants (so-called postfeeding inhibition).…”

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Feeding inhibition in the soil collembolan Folsomia candida as an endpoint for the estimation of organic waste ecotoxicity

Domene

Natal-da-Luz

Alcañiz

et al. 2007

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

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Despite the increasing quantities of organic wastes that are being reused in soils, there are few studies that focus on the selection of bioassays for the ecotoxicological risk assessment of organic wastes to soils. In the present study, differences in feeding inhibition in the soil collembolan Folsomia candida were evaluated as an ecotoxicological endpoint for the assessment of risk to soils amended with polluted organic wastes. Seven organic wastes (dewatered sewage sludges, thermally dried sewage sludges, composted sewage sludges, and a thermally dried pig slurry) were tested. These wastes had different origins, treatments, and pollutant burdens, and were selected as a representative sample of the wide variety of wastes currently generated. A clear dose response was observed for this parameter, with an increase in percentage of individual feeding inhibition with increased doses of organic wastes. More significantly, feeding inhibition correlated highly with mortality and reproduction inhibition in the different wastes. Composted sludges displayed the lowest toxicity, followed by thermally dried sludge and dewatered sludge. Thermally dried pig slurry showed the highest toxicity for feeding, with lower median effective concentration (EC50) values than the lowest dose tested. Among waste physicochemical parameters and pollutants, low organic matter stability appeared to be the main predictor of potential adverse effects on soil fauna, because it correlated significantly with feeding inhibition and mortality. Furthermore, feeding inhibition tests were run over a short exposure time (less than 7 d), which, together with the results obtained, makes this bioassay a good screening tool for organic waste toxicity.

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“…The experiments are executed under the same conditions as chosen for the culture concerning light and temperature (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22) • C). The exposures are arranged in rectangular white-opaque hard-polyethylen containers (PE, 400 mL: 10 cm × 10 cm × 6 cm in high); the exposure lasts for 12 days without any renewal of water, food, or faeces (Figure 1).…”

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“…Feeding rate is a sensitive sublethal endpoint compared to community-related measures which require changes in species composition before an impact is detected [16,17]. Bloor and Banks [18] compared in situ and ex situ feeding assays with both the pollution-sensitive G. pulex, and the pollution tolerant A. aquaticus. Both, mortalities and feeding rates followed similar trends during the in situ and ex situ tests, but the response of test animals was amplified during in situ testing.…”

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GamTox: A Low-Cost Multimetric Ecotoxicity Test withGammarusspp. forInandEx SituApplication

Gerhardt

2011

International Journal of Zoology

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Gammarus spp. represent an important taxon in running water ecosystems concerning both structural and functional aspects. Gammarus spp. are also part of several macrozoobenthos indices for assessing biological water quality. However, in ecotoxicological water quality assessment, this taxon has been used much less than Daphnia spp. A new user-friendly and low-cost test protocol for Gammarus spp. has been developed, constituting the "ecotoxicological module "of an integrated multimetric triad-based concept for water quality assessment. The GamTox test is based on several test parameters: behavior (especially locomotion and feeding) depicts rapid and sensitive early warning indicators, survival displays an indicator of severe acute stress, and biochemical biomarkers, esp. AChE inhibition, is a sensitive marker of neurotoxic xenobiotic stress. GamTox can be performed both in situ and ex situ, based either on visual or automatical recording.

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An evaluation of mixed species in-situ and ex-situ feeding assays: The altered response of Asellus aquaticus and Gammarus pulex

Cited by 23 publications

References 11 publications

Gammarids as Reference Species for Freshwater Monitoring

Gammarids as Reference Species for Freshwater Monitoring

Feeding inhibition in the soil collembolan Folsomia candida as an endpoint for the estimation of organic waste ecotoxicity

GamTox: A Low-Cost Multimetric Ecotoxicity Test withGammarusspp. forInandEx SituApplication

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