Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments

Yan, H; Huang, S; Scholz, M

Abstract

Suspended sediments can decrease the apparent bio-concentration factor of organic pollutants through adsorption. However, whether this process also weakens the toxicity of organic pollutants to non-target aquatic organisms is not clear. Therefore, natural sediments were chosen as suspended sediment examples in this research applying atrazine as the target pollutant and Brachydanio rerio (more recently, Danio rerio (Zebrafish)) as the target organism to conduct acute toxicity experiments. The concentration of atrazine in aqueous solution was measured as a time series. Results show that without suspended sediments, the 96-h LC50 of atrazine to Brachydanio rerio is 29.06 mg/l at 95 % confidence interval (24.41 to 40.70 mg/l). For suspended sediments of 7500 and 15,000 mg/l, the LC50 (i.e., concentration resulting in 50 % mortality) equates to 30.74 and 39.51 mg/l, respectively, and the corresponding confidence intervals are between 27.17 and 40.91 mg/l and between 30.43 and 126.93 mg/l in that order. Probit analysis, which is a type of regression used to analyze binomial response variables, was applied using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. For the series of no suspended solids (SS), 7500 and 15,000 mg/l SS, the so-called no-observed-effective concentrations were 3, 9, and 15 mg/l, correspondingly. The uptake quantity and uptake rate of atrazine by B. rerio according to atrazine concentrations in the aqueous solution were computed. The research indicates that suspended sediments can decrease the absorbed rate of atrazine by B. rerio. Thus, suspended sediments weaken the acute toxicity of atrazine to B. rerio.

Citation

Yan, H., Huang, S., & Scholz, M. (2015). Kinetic processes of acute atrazine toxicity to brachydanio rerio in the presence and absence of suspended sediments. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 226(66), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2296-7

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 9, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Feb 25, 2015
• Publication Date: Feb 25, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 17, 2015
• Journal: Water, Soil & Air Pollution
• Print ISSN: 0049-6979
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-2932
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 226
• Issue: 66
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2296-7
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-015-2296-7
• Related Public URLs: http://link.springer.com/journal/11270#AboutSection
• Additional Information: Funders : National Science Foundation of China;National Science Foundation of Tianjin;National Key Projects of Water Pollution Control and Prevention; Grant Number: 51079068; Grant Number: 09ZCGYSF00400 and 08FDZDSF03402; Grant Number: 2008ZX07314-005-001 and 2009ZX07209-001