Detection of rare-earth elements using fiddler crabs Leptuca leptodactyla (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) as bioindicators in mangroves on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil

Lavezzo, Bruna; Kinoshita, Ângela; Figueiredo, Ana Maria G.; Pinheiro, Mayara Maezano Faita; Santana, William

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139787

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“…Our study reveals that fiddler crabs are sensitive to human disturbance and they modify their behaviour in areas affected by human activities. Previous studies have employed fiddler crabs as bioindicator species to assess metal contamination (Capparelli et al 2016(Capparelli et al , 2017(Capparelli et al , 2019Yáñez-Rivera et al 2019), microplastic and organophosphate pesticide contamination (Villegas et al 2021), and rare-earth elements (Lavezzo et al 2020). To the best of our knowledge, the use of fiddler crab behaviour as a bioindicator of human disturbance in coastal regions has not been explored extensively.…”

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Human disturbance affects behavioural time allocation in a fiddler crab (<em>Austruca annulipes</em>) in Southern Thailand

Chumsri,

Tina,

Vongkok

et al. 2023

J. Anim. Behav. Biometeorol.

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Human disturbances affect the macroinvertebrate populations in coastal regions. They respond to disturbances by altering their density and behaviour. Therefore, many of them are used as bioindicator species of human disturbance. Here, we pioneer the use of fiddler crabs to examine whether they alter their behaviour under human disturbance. Male fiddler crabs possess one large claw used for courting (waving) and fighting, and one small feeding claw, whereas females have two feeding claws. They show several surface activities. This study investigates (1) the effects of human disturbance on density and sex-ratio, and (2) the effects of human disturbance, and sex on behavioural time allocations in Austruca annulipes. Their density, sex-ratio, and time allocations were investigated in human-disturbed area (DA) and nondisturbed area (NDA). They showed feeding, feeding and walking, walking, running, standing/vigilance, inside burrows, burrowing, grooming, fighting, and waving. The results showed that crab density was higher and the sex ratio was more male biased in NDA than in DA. Human disturbance and sex affected time allocations but their interaction had no effect. Crabs in DA spent more time running, standing, and inside burrows but less time walking, burrowing, fighting, and waving than crabs in NDA. Between sexes, males spent more time standing, burrowing, grooming, and fighting but less time feeding, and walking than females. This indicates that human disturbances force the crabs to spend more time on anti-predator and escape behavior (standing/vigilance, running, inside burrows) rather than courting (waving) and constructing burrows (mating/breeding sites), which are important for breeding.

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Human disturbance affects behavioural time allocation in a fiddler crab (<em>Austruca annulipes</em>) in Southern Thailand

Chumsri,

Tina,

Vongkok

et al. 2023

J. Anim. Behav. Biometeorol.

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“…Another bioindicator of REE is reported to be the fiddler crab, Leptuca leptodactyla [149]. The authors used the crab to verify the presence of REE in two mangrove areas of the Ubatuba, northern littoral of São Paulo state, Brazil, and revealed the presence of REE, especially La and Ce, with a correlation with city sewage anthropic flows.…”

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Advances in the Fate of Rare Earth Elements, REE, in Transitional Environments: Coasts and Estuaries

Arienzo

Ferrara

Trifuoggi

et al. 2022

Water

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The production of rare earth elements, REE, has significantly increased over the past years, in parallel with the latest advances in nanotechnologies and representing a new group of emerging contaminants. They find application in construction, transport, agriculture, electronics, catalysis, and biomedicine. Their extraordinary intrinsic characteristics are fundamental for overcoming current technological challenges. The accumulation of REE is consistent in near-shore waters being affected by runoff, wastewater discharge, and proximity to built-up areas. Bioavailability in water, sediments, and accumulation in marine biota as well their endocrine disruptor effect is mostly unknown. There is a significant gap of knowledge on the ecotoxicological behaviour of REE in marine areas. The existing investigations have been performed inside well-mixed estuarine systems, due to complex hydrodynamics and multiple sediment transport situations. This hampers the definition of regulatory thresholds for REE concentrations and emissions. The review summarizes the existing information on REE geochemistry and physicochemical conditions influencing dissolution, surface complexation reactions, and distribution at the continent–ocean interface, as well as their speciation, bioavailability, and detrimental effects on living organisms. Strategies for reducing REE usage and inputs are also discussed.

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“…Thomsen (2017) has suggested monitoring more closely Gd as risks associated with tap water are not well known. Accumulation of REE has been detected in many aquatic organisms (such as crabs (Lavezzo et al, 2020) and bivalves shells (Merschel and Bau, 2015;Le Goff et al, 2019, Mouchi et al, 2020Valdés-Vilchis et al, 2021) with the Gd anomaly linked to anthropogenic uses remaining detectable in bivalves (Pereto et al 2020) and fish (Lortholarie et al, 2020). However, REEs seem to undergo biodilution along the food chain (Amyot et al, 2017;Santos et al, 2023) and the possible risks associated to their dietary uptake remain to be elucidated.…”

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Spatial distribution of Rare Earth Elements in a transnational watershed: The case of the Danube River

Louis

Vignati

Pontvianne

et al. 2023

Science of The Total Environment

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Detection of rare-earth elements using fiddler crabs Leptuca leptodactyla (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) as bioindicators in mangroves on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil

Cited by 16 publications

References 31 publications

Human disturbance affects behavioural time allocation in a fiddler crab (<em>Austruca annulipes</em>) in Southern Thailand

Human disturbance affects behavioural time allocation in a fiddler crab (<em>Austruca annulipes</em>) in Southern Thailand

Advances in the Fate of Rare Earth Elements, REE, in Transitional Environments: Coasts and Estuaries

Spatial distribution of Rare Earth Elements in a transnational watershed: The case of the Danube River

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