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| Title |
Integrated assessment of wastewater treatment plant effluent estrogenicity in the Upper Murray River, Australia, using the native Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis)
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| Published in |
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1002/etc.2895 |
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| Authors |
Alan M. Vajda, Anupama Kumar, Marianne Woods, Mike Williams, Hai Doan, Peter Tolsher, Rai S. Kookana, Larry B. Barber |
| Abstract |
The contamination of major continental-river systems by endocrine-active chemicals (EACs) derived from the discharge of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents can impact human and ecosystem health. As part of a long-term effort to develop a native fish model organism for assessment of endocrine disruption in Australia's largest watershed, the Murray-Darling River Basin, the present study evaluated endocrine disruption in adult males of the native Australian Murray rainbowfish (Melanotaenia fluviatilis) exposed to effluent from an activated sludge WWTP and water from the Muray River during a 28-d, continuous-flow, on-site experiment. Analysis of the WWTP effluent and river water detected estrone and 17β-estradiol at concentrations up to approximately 25 ng L(-1) throughout the experiment. Anti-estrogenicity of effluent samples was detected in vitro using yeast-based bioassays (YES) throughout the experiment, but estrogenicity was limited to the first week of the experiment. Histological evaluation of the testes indicates significant suppression of spermatogenesis by WWTP effluent after 28 d of exposure. Plasma vitellogenin concentrations and expression of vitellogenin mRNA in liver were not significantly affected by exposure to WWTP effluent. The combination of low contaminant concentrations in the WWTP effluent, limited endocrine disrupting effects in the Murray rainbowfish, and high in-stream dilution factors (> 99%) suggest minimal endocrine disruption impacts on native Australian fish in the Murray River downstream from the WWTP outfall. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 24 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 6 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 21% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Professor | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 8 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 4 | 17% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 13% |
| Engineering | 2 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 11 | 46% |
Attention Score in Context
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