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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
卷 71, 期 3, 页码 765-773出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.08.012
关键词
Ceriodaphnia dubia; Sources of metal toxicity; Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata; Chronic toxicity
资金
- National Research Council (CNPq) [140156/2002-0]
- Sao Paulo State Research Support Foundation (FAPESP) [10417/2002]
The influence of different densities of the algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata on the chronic toxicity of cadmium to Ceriodaphnia dubia was investigated. The importance of algal cells as a source of metal to zooplankton was studied by exposing P. subcapitata cells to free cadmium ions and supplying the algae as food to C. dubia. The results of a bifactorial analysis (metal versus food levels) showed that metal toxicity to zooplankton was dependent on food level. Significant toxic effects on the fecundity and survival of C. dubia were observed at low metal concentrations with high algal density. Algae contaminated with Cd2+ were less toxic to cladoceran than was the Cd2+ in solution. Green algae retained cadmium and released low metal concentration in the test medium. We concluded that algal cells are an important route of exposure to metal and a factor that has an appreciable influence on the expression of metal toxicity to daphnids. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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