Behavioral Changes and Acute Toxicity to the Freshwater Shrimp Atyaephyra desmaresti Millet (Decapoda: Natantia) from Exposure to Acid Mine Drainage

Ecotoxicology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Janssens de Bisthoven ◽  
Almut Gerhardt ◽  
Katrin Guhr ◽  
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Keyword(s):  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Acute Toxicity ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Freshwater Shrimp ◽  
Acid Mine

Humic substances of varying types increase survivorship of the freshwater shrimp Caridina sp. D to acid mine drainage

Ecotoxicology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 939-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleicia Holland ◽  
Leo J. Duivenvoorden ◽  
Susan H. W. Kinnear
Keyword(s):  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Humic Substances ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Freshwater Shrimp ◽  
Acid Mine

Acute Toxicity of an Acid Mine Drainage Mixing Zone to Juvenile Bluegill and Largemouth Bass

1999 ◽  
Vol 128 (5) ◽  
pp. 919-928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore B. Henry ◽  
Elise R. Irwin ◽  
John M. Grizzle ◽  
Mark L. Wildhaber ◽  
William G. Brumbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Acute Toxicity ◽  
Largemouth Bass ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Mixing Zone ◽  
Acid Mine

Aluminum-dominated acute toxicity to the cladoceran Ceriodaphnia dubia in neutral waters downstream of an acid mine drainage discharge

2001 ◽  
Vol 58 (12) ◽  
pp. 2396-2404 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J Soucek ◽  
Donald S Cherry ◽  
Carl E Zipper
Keyword(s):  
Acid Mine Drainage ◽  
Acute Toxicity ◽  
Mine Drainage ◽  
Sediment Toxicity ◽  
Test Organism ◽  
Ceriodaphnia Dubia ◽  
Community Diversity ◽  
Neutral Ph ◽  
Acid Mine ◽  
Test Organisms

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is traditionally considered to impact aquatic ecosystems by acidification, metal precipitation smothering stream substrates, and sediment toxicity in association with trace metals. Using Ceriodaphnia dubia as a test organism, we conducted whole effluent toxicity (WET) tests with both field-collected and laboratory-synthesized AMD samples to investigate possible mechanisms of reduced benthic macroinvertebrate community diversity in neutral (pH > 7.0) waters downstream of an acidified tributary. Our results indicate that Al and Fe in transition from acidic waters to neutralizing receiving streams can cause acute toxicity to standard invertebrate test organisms at neutral pH. Aluminum, with an average LC50 (50% lethal concentration) of 2880 µg·L–1, was determined to be the cause of acute toxicity in the field for up to a mile downstream of the AMD-influenced tributary and was the likely cause of reduced community diversity at those sites. Although Fe singly may cause acute toxicity in this type of system, it appears to reduce the toxicity of combinations of other metals such as Al, Cu, and Zn.

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