The effect of salinity on the acute toxicity of cadmium to the tropical, estuarine, hermaphroditic fish, Rivulus marmoratus: A comparison of Cd, Cu, and Zn tolerance with Fundulus heteroclitus
The effect of salinity on the acute toxicity of cadmium to the tropical, estuarine, hermaphroditic fish, Rivulus marmoratus: A comparison of Cd, Cu, and Zn tolerance with Fundulus heteroclitus
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盐度对热带河口雌雄同体鱼类Rivulus marmoratus镉急性毒性的影响:与Fundulushetroclitus的Cd、Cu和Zn耐受性比较
DOI:
10.1007/bf00230709
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发表时间:
1993
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4
通讯作者:
W. Dunson
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作者:
H. Lin;W. Dunson
The mangrove-dwelling fish,Rivulus marmoratus, is the only vertebrate that is a synchronous, internally self-fertilizing hermaphrodite. This unique reproductive mode yields offspring with little genetic variation, which offers significant advantages for the use of this species in bioassays. We conducted acute (96 h) LC50tests of Cd toxicity under four different water chemistry conditions, representing fresh water (low [Ca+Mg] and low [Na+K]), 14 ppt sea water simulated with Cl salts (high [Ca+Mg] and high [Na+K]) and two artificial conditions (high [Ca+Mg], low [Na+K] and low [Ca+Mg], high [Na+K]). Two replicates were conducted at different times for each of the four treatments and the results were very reproducible. The mean LC50's as mg total Cd/L were 2.96 (fresh water), 21.12 (high [Ca+Mg], high [Na+K]), 17.86 (high [Ca+Mg], low [Na+K]) and 12.67 (low [Ca+Mg], high [Na+K]). An additional test in 14 ppt sea water (made up from Instant Ocean™salts) yielded a 96h LC50of 24.48 mg Cd/L, and was thus similar to the high [Ca+Mg]-high [Na+K] treatment, despite some differences in anion and cation concentrations. The degree to which [Ca+Mg], [Na+K] and [Cl] interact to determine Cd toxicity is still unclear, although the role of [Cl] is likely to be equal to or greater than that of [Ca+Mg]. When all solutes are high, it is likely that the formation of a Cd complex with Cl (248 mM) leads to the observed reduction in Cd toxicity in comparison with hard fresh water, not the increased divalent [Ca+Mg] levels. Further tests are needed in which the various cations and anions are varied as independently as possible in order to determine their roles in affecting free [Cd], or interacting with the gills to reduce Cd toxicity.Interstrain variation in Cd toxicity was marked; four strains ofR. marmoratuswere exposed to three levels of Cd (LC25, LC50and LC75estimated from tests of high-[Ca+Mg], high-[Na+K] conditions). Strain DS was consistently the most sensitive, whereas strain NA was consistently the most resistant to Cd across the three Cd exposure levels. Thus we recommend use of a single strain to conduct toxicity tests, or randomization of strains across treatments.Two replicate 96h LC50tests of each of the three heavy metals, Cd, Cu and Zn, forRivulus marmoratuswere found to be similar to values forFundulus heteroclitus, a standard estuarine bioassay fish. The mean LC50's of Cd, Cu and Zn at 14 ppt forRivuluswere 21.1, 1.4 and 147.9 mg/L, respectively, whereas those forFunduluswere 18.2, 1.7 and 129.5 mg/L. This similarity in toxicological response by two species from different biogeographic regions (tropical vs temperate) may be due to similar physiological and biochemical adaptations to the abiotically stressful estuary.