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Acute toxicity of heavy metals for benthic epiphytic foraminifera Pararotalia spinigera (le calvez) and influence of seaweed‐derived doc
Author(s) -
Bresler Vladimir,
Yanko Valentina
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620141008
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , cadmium , environmental chemistry , benthic zone , foraminifera , epiphyte , absorbance , chemistry , algae , copper , selenium , acute toxicity , toxicity , fluorescein , chromatography , botany , biology , ecology , organic chemistry , fluorescence , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
The acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, and mercury to the benthic epiphytic foraminiferan Pararotalia spinigera (Le Calvez) was investigated using seven different vital cytophysiological and cytochemical methods. The ability to enzymatically hydrolyze the fluorogenic substrates fluorescein diacetate or fluorescein dibutyrate was the most sensitive method of LC50 value determination. The LC50 (24‐h) values for cadmium, copper, and mercury determined by this assay with fluorescein diacetate was 0.56, 1.4, and 0.07 μM, respectively. The content of seaweed‐derived dissolved organic carbon (DOC), measured by absorbance at 436 nm, produced a dramatic increase of LC50 values for the heavy metals in a dose‐dependent manner. “Intact” epiphytic foraminifera attached to seaweeds are less sensitive to acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, and mercury than are “detached” foraminifera.