Relationship of per cent mortality of four species of aquatic biota from 96-hour sediment bioassays of five lake Michigan harbors and elutriate chemistry of the sediments

Hoke, Robert A.; Prater, Bayliss L.

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“…Whole fish sediment toxicity tests were initially confined to the most usual acute endpoints of survival and/or malformations expressed in terms of LC 50 or EC 50 values (Hoke and Prater 1980;Hargis et al 1984;LeBlanc and Suprenant 1985;Ankley et al 1990Ankley et al , 1991. The use of acute toxicity tests seems to be a good approach to assess the effects of sediment contamination.…”

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The versatile, changing, and advancing roles of fish in sediment toxicity assessment—a review

2010

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Purpose Sediments serve as integral and dynamic parts of our aquatic systems. Within the last 15 to 20 years, however, the scientific community has begun noticing deterioration of sediment quality at an alarming rate worldwide. Sediments are now harboring hazardous pollutants that can directly influence water quality, thereby creating very stressful conditions for aquatic life. As a consequence, global efforts were initiated in the early 1970s, to find ways to assess sediment quality. Because of their obvious ecological and economic significance, fish have remained a major taxonomic group for appraising the general quality of aquatic systems. However, for sediment risk assessment, fish have lagged behind invertebrates due to their mobility and generally, pelagic lifestyle. To our knowledge, this is the first paper that comprehensively presents and reviews the versatile role of fish in assessing the state of health of aquatic sediments.Main features Through a literature search of the more relevant and/or more recent studies, this review attempted to trace the development of the various approaches as well as to describe the future prospects of using fish as sentinels for sediment quality assessment. Initially, the use of whole fish (juveniles or adults) bioassays contributed immensely to our understanding of sediment contamination and ecotoxicology. But due to economic as well as ethical issues linked to the use of live vertebrates for toxicity testing, the approach has shifted to using fish cell cultures and fish embryos. Much newer approaches involving receptors and gene arrays in fish cells to elucidate the mode of action of sediment-borne contaminants are very promising. The review paper also lists and explores some of the issues associated with the use of juvenile or adult fish, fish cell cultures, fish embryos, and fish gene expression profiles in sediment toxicity evaluations to stimulate further discussions, and hopefully, to serve as benchmark for future handling of similar or related aspects of fish utilization in sediment risk assessment. Conclusions and perspectives Overall, the present review has comprehensively explored the changing and progressing roles of fish in sediment toxicity evaluation. Indeed the usefulness of this taxon as test organisms has provided a significant contribution to the advancement of sediment toxicology. However, despite the quite optimistic and bright future for these current procedures, a number of issues and problems remain. Therefore, efforts to develop new technologies and to refine current methods and approaches continue to challenge many laboratories worldwide.

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The versatile, changing, and advancing roles of fish in sediment toxicity assessment—a review

2010

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“…Two aqueous fractions that have been used quite extensively in sediment toxicity assessments are pore water and elutriate (US Army Corps of Engineers/Environmental Protection Agency 1977, Hoke and Prater 1980, Ankley and others 1990, Hoke and others 1990. Two aqueous fractions that have been used quite extensively in sediment toxicity assessments are pore water and elutriate (US Army Corps of Engineers/Environmental Protection Agency 1977, Hoke and Prater 1980, Ankley and others 1990, Hoke and others 1990.…”

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Use of toxicity identification evaluation techniques to identify dredged material disposal options: A proposed approach

Ankley

Schubauer‐Berigan²,

Hoke³

1992

Environmental Management

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“…water Giesy et al, 1987;Dutka et al, 1991 andror Ž solvent extracts Hoke and Prater, 1980;Kwan and . Dutka, 1990;Dutka et al, 1991 are used to estimate the level of soluble or extractable toxicants.…”

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Observations from a six month study on the effect of biodegradation processes in sediment on the toxicity potential of targeted chemicals

Dutka¹,

Liu²,

Jurkovic³

et al. 1998

Environ. Toxicol. Water Qual.

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Relationship of per cent mortality of four species of aquatic biota from 96-hour sediment bioassays of five lake Michigan harbors and elutriate chemistry of the sediments

Cited by 30 publications

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The versatile, changing, and advancing roles of fish in sediment toxicity assessment—a review

The versatile, changing, and advancing roles of fish in sediment toxicity assessment—a review

Use of toxicity identification evaluation techniques to identify dredged material disposal options: A proposed approach

Observations from a six month study on the effect of biodegradation processes in sediment on the toxicity potential of targeted chemicals

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