NDLI: Effects-based Assays in the Earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa: Their Utilisation for Evaluation of Contaminated Sites before and after Remediation (8 pp)

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Author	Booth, Lynn Heppelthwaite, Vanessa O’Halloran, Kathryn
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	In a preliminary ecological risk assessment, potential adverse effects of contaminants are often evaluated by measuring chemical residues and comparing these with regulatory guidelines. However limitations with this approach with regards to establishing actual effects have resulted in the increasing usage of sublethal effects-based assays, including biomarkers, to evaluate the hazard posed by contaminants in the environment. In this study a number of effects-based endpoints in the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa were evaluated to determine their comparative sensitivity for assessment of adverse effects of soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. Adult and juvenile earthworms were exposed for 4 weeks to sublethal concentrations of soil collected before and after remediation of a petroleum-contaminated site. A suite of endpoints were measured in these earthworms, including mortality, fecundity, growth, and juvenile maturation, and two less traditional endpoints, the biomarker, the neutral red retention assay (NRRA) and an avoidance behaviour test. Cocoon viability in this species is not a reliable parameter to measure, due to low viability in controls and a high coefficient of variation. Growth in adult earthworms was a more sensitive parameter than cocoon production. Maturation and growth of juveniles have been proposed as more sensitive endpoints than adult cocoon production and growth respectively. This was not apparent in the growth parameters, but maturation of juveniles did appear to be more sensitive than cocoon production by adults. The NRRA was a more sensitive parameter than cocoon production, and the NRRA and growth were both affected at the lowest concentration tested. The NRRA response appeared to be more sensitive than growth, but NRRT was only evaluated in one soil only, while the other parameters were assessed in two soils. However, the NRRA has previously been found to be more sensitive than growth after exposure to a number of contaminants. The avoidance behaviour assay exhibited similar sensitivity to growth and fecundity and could therefore be useful as a simple pre-screening test. The chronic endpoints, growth, cocoon production, and juvenile maturation parameters, were all sensitive endpoints for detecting exposure to the petroleum-hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. The NRRA was the most sensitive of the endpoints assessed and could be used as an early-warning indicator to predict adverse impacts. Avoidance behaviour could be used as a simple pre-screening test to evaluate contaminated soils prior to more extensive and invasive testing. Measuring chemical concentrations in environmental samples is not always useful, as the toxicological impacts of exposure to these concentrations are not always discernible. However, the use of effects-based endpoints, either in situ or in the laboratory using laboratory-reared earthworms, can account for the bioavailability of chemicals in the soil, and can therefore provide information on the toxicological impacts of exposure. The assays tested in this research were sensitive indicators of exposure, and therefore can be used to determine potential ecological risks at contaminated sites and to monitor the progress of remediation at these sites.
Starting Page	87
Ending Page	94
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	14390108
Journal	Journal of Soils and Sediments
Volume Number	5
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16147480
Language	English
Publisher	Ecomed
Publisher Date	2004-10-15
Publisher Place	Landsberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Environment Environmental Physics Soil Science & Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Stratigraphy Earth-Surface Processes

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