Toxicity characterization of an industrial and a municipal effluent discharging to the marine environment

Burgess, Robert M.; Ho, Kay T.; Tagliabue, Mark; Kuhn, Anne; Comeleo, Randy L.; Comeleo, Pamela; Modica, Glen; Morrison, George E.

doi:10.1016/0025-326x(94)00242-2

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“…Unfortunately, by the chemical-based approach alone, we can only know the concentrations of individual compounds in the effluents (Sarakinos et al, 2000), which is not sufficient enough to assess ecological effects of toxic chemicals in industrial effluents (Burgess et al, 1995;Rosa et al, 2001). By WET testing alone, we can only measure the toxic effect of an effluent as a whole and account for uncharacterized sources of toxicity (Smolders et al, 2003), but it is difficult to identify the toxicants without chemical analysis of the pollutants (Fjällborg et al, 2006).…”

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Use of TIE techniques to characterize industrial effluents in the Pearl River Delta region

Fang

Ying

Zhang

et al. 2012

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Use of TIE techniques to characterize industrial effluents in the Pearl River Delta region

Fang

Ying

Zhang

et al. 2012

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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“…Methods for acute and life-cycle tests published by the American Society for Testing and Materials [7,8] helped create a large database for developing water quality criteria [9] and for regulating drilling muds [10]. Variations of mysid test methods have been used to characterize industrial and municipal effluents and to assess the toxicity of chemicals in mixtures and sediments [11][12][13].…”

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An Evaluation of the Seven-Day Toxicity Test With Americamysis Bahia (Formerly Mysidopsis Bahia)

Lussier¹,

Kuhn²,

Comeleo³

1999

Environ Toxicol Chem

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Abstract-The 7-d test measuring survival, growth, and fecundity of Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) was developed for estimating the chronic toxicity of effluents and associated receiving waters for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits. Currently, this test and its derivatives are also used in toxicity identification evaluation (TIE), risk assessment, and other applications. To evaluate the relative sensitivity of three measurement endpoints (survival, growth, and fecundity), we analyzed results from 115 tests with effluents, organic or inorganic chemicals, and receiving waters suspected of being toxic. Controls for 78 of these (68%) achieved acceptable survival and growth. Fifty of these 78 tests (64%, i.e., 43% of the total tests) also achieved acceptable control fecundity. In the 47 tests with significant effects, survival was the most sensitive response in 57%, fecundity in 30%, and growth in 30%. There was little duplication in responses. Improving pretest holding conditions by decreasing the maximum density from ϳ20 to 10 animals/L and increasing the temperature from ϳ26ЊC to a range of 26 to 27ЊC improved the growth and fecundity in controls. Although the percentage of tests achieving acceptable control survival (Ն80%) and growth (Ն0.20 mg) decreased from 93 to 86%, the percentage achieving acceptable fecundity in controls (Ն50%) increased from 60 to 97%. Seasonal differences in fecundity were detected among control groups. Although variable, fecundity is often the most sensitive measure of response. The 7-d mysid test estimates the chronic toxicity of effluents most effectively when all three endpoints are used.

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“…Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) was based on Burgess et al (1995) and adapted to P. lividus larvae. Elutriates obtained from toxic sediment sampled in 2001 at P3 site were manipulated in order to selectively remove potential toxic fractions.…”

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“…When toxicity decreases or disappears after a treatment, the eliminated chemical group is assumed to be the causative agent of toxicity. The TIE method was first developed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency to identify the substances causing toxicity in municipal and industrial effluents (Burgess et al 1995;Deanovic et al 1999). Later on, the use was extended to fresh-and marine waters (Boucher and Watzin 1998;Thomas et al 1998) and to harbor and estuarine sediments (Ho et al 1997, Anderson et al 2007.…”

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Complementary Approaches to Assess the Environmental Quality of Estuarine Sediments

Fernández

Bellas

Lorenzo

et al. 2007

Water Air Soil Pollut

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An assessment of the environmental quality of sediments at several locations of the Ría de Pontevedra (NW of Spain) was performed by integrating toxicity data obtained from multiespecies bioassays, chemical data from analysis of mussels and sediment, and physical-chemical parameters of the sampled sites. Subsequently, a toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) method intended for characterization and identification of the toxic agents was applied to the most polluted location by using the Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin bioassay. Both metals and organic compounds seem to be the causative agents of toxicity in elutriates of the studied sediment. Finally, multivariate statistics were applied for a better interpretation of results. A factor analysis was developed to establish the relationship among variables and to derive local sediment quality guidelines (SQG) by linking chemical contamination to biological effects. When multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis were performed to group the locations according to either the chemistry or toxicity data, P3-site was always clearly broken up the others. The different approaches all supported the same conclusion: site P3 can be considered highly contaminated by both trace metals and PAHs resulting in high toxicity for all the tested species.

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Toxicity characterization of an industrial and a municipal effluent discharging to the marine environment

Cited by 38 publications

References 21 publications

Use of TIE techniques to characterize industrial effluents in the Pearl River Delta region

Use of TIE techniques to characterize industrial effluents in the Pearl River Delta region

An Evaluation of the Seven-Day Toxicity Test With Americamysis Bahia (Formerly Mysidopsis Bahia)

Complementary Approaches to Assess the Environmental Quality of Estuarine Sediments

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