Journal
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Volume 207, Issue -, Pages 217-225Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.11.006
Keywords
Amphibian larvae; Uptake and elimination; Oil sands sediment; Polycyclic aromatic compounds
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [STPGP 463041-14]
- NSERC postgraduate scholarship
- University of Ottawa
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We performed accumulation-elimination experiments of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in wood frog tadpoles (Lithobates sylvaticus) using river sediment from Canada's Athabasca oil sands region. The PACs in wood frog tadpoles were similar to 2x higher on average when the animals were in direct contact with PAC-contaminated sediment than when they were separated from the sediment with a screen and exposed only to aqueous PACs. These results suggest that sediment exposure/ingestion contributes as much to PAC accumulation in tadpoles as exposure via aqueous pathways. Alkyl-substituted PAC concentrations in exposed tadpoles exceeded those of the unsubstituted (parent) PACs by about 10 x. Bioaccumulation factors ranged between 0.01 and 4.93, with parent PACs having higher bioaccumulation factors than alkylated PACs. Wood frog tadpoles efficiently eliminated and metabolized most parent and alkyl-substituted PACs, though some compounds (e.g., C4-naphthalenes) had higher bioaccumulation potential and may serve as effective markers of exposure. Here we present a comprehensive analysis of the toxicokinetics and bioaccumulation of PACs (52 analytes) in amphibian larvae, and highlight the importance of sediment exposure when considering the bioaccumulation and potential biological impact of PACs in benthic and epibenthic organisms.
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