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- Title
DEVELOPMENT OF SEDIMENT TOXICITY TEST WITH TROPICAL PENEID SHRIMPS.
- Authors
Moraes, Rosane B. C.; Pfeiffer, Wolfgang C.; Guimarães, Jean R. D.; Borges, Alexandre Luiz N.; Campos, Alexandre N.
- Abstract
A methodology to test the toxicity of marine and estuarine sediments was developed using postlarval organisms of the marine shrimp Penaeus schmitti and P. paulensis. The tests were conducted in aquariums with a water feedback system and a sediment layer of 2 cm. The postlarvae exposure time to the sediments was 10, 28, and 52 d. The tested sediments were collected in contaminated sites of Guanabara and Sepetiba Bays and at the reference site of Ilha Grande inlet in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. The toxicity of the sediments was evidenced with exposures of 28 d or longer. The sediment from Saco do Engenho (Sepetiba Bay) was the most toxic, affecting the survival of both P. schmitti and P. paulensis. The sediment from Guanabara Bay was toxic to P. schmitti, affecting its survival after 28 d of exposure.
- Subjects
ENVIRONMENTAL toxicology; MARINE pollution; WATER pollution; MARINE sediments; PENAEUS
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2000, Vol 19, Issue 7, p1881
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.5620190723