Parasites of Winter Flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) as an Additional Bioindicator of Stress-Related Exposure to Untreated Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent: A 5-Year Field Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Khan ◽  
S. M. Billiard
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Winter Flounder ◽  
Pleuronectes Americanus ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Paper Mill Effluent

Bioindicators of Stress in Winter Flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, Captured Adjacent to a Pulp and Paper Mill in St. George's Bay, Newfoundland

1994 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 2203-2209 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Barker ◽  
R. A. Khan ◽  
R. Hooper
Keyword(s):  
Reference Site ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Winter Flounder ◽  
Digenetic Trematode ◽  
Pleuronectes Americanus ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Blood Haemoglobin ◽  
Anisakid Nematodes

Winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, inhabiting a marine inlet (Port Harmon) adjacent to a pulp and paper mill, and from a reference site (St. George's) 12 km away, were examined for signs of stress. Fish from Port Harmon showed significantly lower condition (k) factors, hepatosomatic indices, blood haemoglobin, and lymphocyte levels, than those from the reference site. Delayed spawning or spermiation were evident in female and male flounder, respectively, from Port Harmon compared with those from St. George's. Prevalence and intensity of larval anisakid nematodes, metacercariae of the digenetic trematode, Cryptocotyle lingua, and cysts of the microsporan, Glugea stephani, were significantly higher at Port Harmon than at St. George's, whereas prevalence and intensity of an intestinal acanthocephalan were significantly lower at Port Harmon. The percentage of flounder with external lesions (fin necrosis, ulcers) was significantly higher at Port Harmon than at St. George's. Anaemia, low lymphocyte levels, low somatic indices, high incidence of external lesions, and abnormal parasitic infestations are all suggestive of immunosuppression. Because basic water chemistry at the two sites was similar, the evidence of chronic stress observed in winter flounder from Port Harmon can most likely be attributed to pollutants from the effluent that have accumulated in the sediment.

Histopathology in winter flounder (Pleuronectes americanus) living adjacent to a pulp and paper mill

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.A. Khan ◽  
D.E. Barker ◽  
R. Hooper ◽  
E.M. Lee ◽  
K. Ryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Paper Mill ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Winter Flounder ◽  
Pleuronectes Americanus ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill

Utilization of a small soda pulp and paper mill effluent for rice field irrigation

1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. T. Adisesha ◽  
S. Purwati ◽  
P. R. Panggabean ◽  
S. E. Sarief
Keyword(s):  
Soil Analysis ◽  
Paper Mill ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Pulp And Paper ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Chemical Recovery ◽  
Pulp And Paper Mill ◽  
Paper Mill Effluent ◽  
Soda Pulp ◽  
Paddy Crop

Padalarang pulp and paper mill, a soda pulp and paper mill without chemical recovery, located near Bandung, Indonesia, discharges untreated effluent mixed with domestic waste water into surrounding rice fields. For more than 60 years, paddy has been harvested 3 times a year. An in-depth study to characterize the effluent, the soil and the biomass production was conducted to define the evidence. A field study using four experimental plots indicated that soil irrigated with effluent had a higher concentration of potassium, calcium, sodium ions and greater cation exchange capacity than near-by soil. Analysis of well water showed that the effluent had no effect on the ground water. A reduction of suspended solids and BOD occurred in the effluent while flowing through rice fields. The yields of paddy demonstrated significant positive effect of effluent either in dry or in rainy season, while zeolites as soil amendment did not give significant effect to the already high paddy crop yield.

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