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Toxicity of sediments from lead–zinc mining areas to juvenile freshwater mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea) compared to standard test organisms

Overview of attention for article published in Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, February 2015
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Title
Toxicity of sediments from lead–zinc mining areas to juvenile freshwater mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea) compared to standard test organisms
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Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, February 2015
DOI 10.1002/etc.2849
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John M. Besser, Christopher G. Ingersoll, William G. Brumbaugh, Nile E. Kemble, Thomas W. May, Ning Wang, Donald D. MacDonald, Andrew D. Roberts

Abstract

Sediment toxicity tests compared chronic effects on survival, growth, and biomass of juvenile freshwater mussels (28-d exposures with Lampsilis siliquoidea) to responses of standard test organisms, amphipods (28-d exposures with Hyalella azteca) and midges (10-d exposures with Chironomus dilutus), in sediments from two lead-zinc mining areas: Tri-State mining district and Southeast Missouri (SEMO) mining district. Mussel tests were conducted in sediments sieved to <0.25 mm to facilitate recovery of juvenile mussels (2 to 4 mo. old). Sediments were contaminated primarily with lead, zinc, and cadmium, with greater zinc and cadmium concentrations in Tri-State sediments and greater lead concentrations in SEMO sediments. The frequency of highly toxic responses (reduced 10% or more relative to reference sites) in Tri-State sediments was greatest for amphipod survival (25% of samples), midge biomass (20%), and mussel survival (14%). In SEMO sediments, the frequency of highly toxic samples was greatest for mussel biomass (25%) and amphipod biomass (13%). Thresholds for metal toxicity to mussels, expressed as hazard quotients based on probable effect concentrations, were lower for SEMO sediments than for Tri-State sediments. SEMO sites with toxic sediments had 2 or fewer live mussel taxa in a concurrent mussel population survey, compared to 7-26 taxa at reference sites. These results demonstrate that sediment toxicity tests with juvenile mussels can be reliably conducted using modifications of existing standard methods; that the sensitivity of mussels to metals can be similar to or greater than standard test organisms; and that responses of mussels in laboratory toxicity tests are consistent with effects on wild mussel populations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Country Count As %
Czechia 1 4%
Unknown 23 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 21%
Student > Master 4 17%
Student > Bachelor 2 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Other 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 9 38%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 33%
Environmental Science 3 13%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 8%
Chemistry 1 4%
Engineering 1 4%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 9 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 March 2020.
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#7,356,550
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#1,414
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#95,592
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#14
of 79 outputs
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