Monitoring Cadmium Concentrations in Sediments
and Aquatic Insects (Hydropsychidae: Trichoptera)
in a Stream near a Zinc Mining Area

Prommi, Taeng On; Payakka, Ampon

doi:10.15244/pjoes/78627

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“…The tissue of Gomphidae (Odonata) was analysed for these chemical elements; As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb and Zn. Aquatic insects can accumulate pollutants such as heavy metals from stream sediments and from food [32,33]. There were significant differences in the concentrations of Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn recorded in the body tissues of the insect larvae (p < 0.05).…”

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Preliminary Assessment of Chemical Elements in Sediments and Larvae of Gomphidae (Odonata) from the Blyde River of the Olifants River System, South Africa

Addo‐Bediako

Malakane

2020

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Benthic macroinvertebrates and sediments can act as good indicators of environmental quality. The aim of this study was to assess the accumulation of chemical elements in the Gomphidae (Odonata) collected in the Blyde River. Seven sites were sampled for river sediments assessment and five sites for larvae (naiads) of Gomphidae bioaccumulation analysis. The tissue samples were analysed using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results showed high levels of all of the tested elements except Cd in the sediment. The mean concentrations of As, Cu and Cr exceeded the standard guideline values, whereas Pb and Zn were below the standard guideline values. In the insect body tissue, the concentrations of most elements were higher than in the sediments. The elements with the highest concentrations were Mn, Zn, Cu, and As. The bioaccumulation factor (BF) showed a tendency for bioaccumulation for almost all of the selected elements in the insect. The BF value was high for Cu, Mn, Sb, and Zn (BF > 1). The high concentrations of elements in the insect body tissue may pose a risk to fish that consume them, and subsequently to humans when fish from the river are consumed. It is therefore important to monitor the river to reduce pollution to prevent health risks in humans, especially in communities that rely on the river for water and food.

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Preliminary Assessment of Chemical Elements in Sediments and Larvae of Gomphidae (Odonata) from the Blyde River of the Olifants River System, South Africa

Addo‐Bediako

Malakane

2020

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“…Larval body burden represents the bioavailable fraction of metals, not the entire metal exposure in the water, and therefore reflects the potential harmful ecotoxicological effects of metals on biota. In the present study, larval body burden was high compared to Cd tissue concentrations in field-collected larvae of the same family (e.g., Cain et al 2000;Awrahman et al 2016;Prommi and Payakka 2018).…”

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Hyperspectral Imaging of Macroinvertebrates—a Pilot Study for Detecting Metal Contamination in Aquatic Ecosystems

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Pölönen

Puupponen

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The applicability of spectral analysis in detection of freshwater metal contamination was assessed by developing and testing a novel hyperspectral imaging (HSI) application for aquatic insect larvae (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae). Larvae were first exposed to four different cadmium (Cd) concentrations: 0, 1, 10 and 100 μg L⁻ 1 for 96 h. Individual larvae were then preserved in ethanol, inspected with microscopy for the number of anomalies in larval gills, and imaged by hyperspectral camera operating with wavebands between 500 and 850 nm. Three additional larvae from each exposure were analyzed for tissue Cd concentration. Although the larval tissue Cd concentrations correlated positively with actual water concentrations, the toxicity response of larvae i.e. frequency of gill abnormalities did not differ among the Cd concentrations. In contrast, hyperspectral imaging data indicated some concentration-response relationship of larval spectral properties to the Cd exposure, but it was too weak for reliable automatic distinction between exposed and unexposed larvae. In this pilot study a workflow for data processing for a novel application of hyperspectral imaging was developed. Based on the results of this preliminary study, the workflow in the imaging process will be optimized and its potential for detecting metal contamination of aquatic environments reassessed.

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“…Once released to the aquatic environments, they are generally transported and bound to particulate matter, which eventually settle down and become incorporated into sediments and accumulated in the tissue of aquatic organisms (Briffa, Sinagra & Blundell 2020). As a result, many aquatic insect species such as Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and Odonata orders that serve as a link-up transfer for element accumulation from the sediments to tissue of different species of trophic stages (Addo-Bediako & Malakane 2020; Bouchelouche & Abdeslem 2019;Bozanic et al 2018;Guimarães, Corbi & Giuliano 2019;Prommi & Payakka 2018). Heavy metals cannot decompose easily and quickly and can be transferred to the food chain through the process of bioaccumulation.…”

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Contamination by pollutants in freshwater ecosystem has been identified extensively in river, sediments, and freshwater biota. Pollutants may have incorporated into the sediments and accumulated in tissue of aquatic organisms which persist as difficult to degrade matter in upper trophic level. Therefore, few selected heavy metals were measured from the river sediment and tissue of damselflies larvae collected from the selected rivers using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results showed metals in damselflies tissue were higher than in the sediments. Mn and Zn were found in greatest concentrations both in sediment and damselflies 's tissue. Biotasediment accumulation factors (BSAF) were computed based on these data, and it was discovered that all values of BSAF for Cd, Cu, Mn, and Zn were typically high (BSAF >1). In conclusion, the rivers contamination induced accumulation of heavy metal in the river sediments and damselflies larvae (Pseudagrion microcephalum, Pruinosum fraseri, and Copera marginipes). The highest concentration value was calculated as 29.23 for Cd in the C. marginipes. The high concentrations of this element in the insect body tissue has shown a trace of bioaccumulation and may pose biomagnification to organisms in the upper trophic level. The results of this study indicated that damselfly is reliable to become a bioindicator for heavy metals particularly pollution in the river.

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Monitoring Cadmium Concentrations in Sediments and Aquatic Insects (Hydropsychidae: Trichoptera) in a Stream near a Zinc Mining Area

Cited by 7 publications

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Preliminary Assessment of Chemical Elements in Sediments and Larvae of Gomphidae (Odonata) from the Blyde River of the Olifants River System, South Africa

Preliminary Assessment of Chemical Elements in Sediments and Larvae of Gomphidae (Odonata) from the Blyde River of the Olifants River System, South Africa

Hyperspectral Imaging of Macroinvertebrates—a Pilot Study for Detecting Metal Contamination in Aquatic Ecosystems

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