Rearing and estimation of life-cycle parameters of the tubicifid worm Branchiura sowerbyi: Application to ecotoxicity testing

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 384; no. 1; pp. 252 - 263
• Main Authors: Ducrot, Virginie, Péry, Alexandre R.R., Quéau, Hervé, Mons, Raphaël, Lafont, Michel, Garric, Jeanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 01.10.2007; Elsevier Science; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Annelida and closely related phyla: sipuncula. Echiura. Nemertinea; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Branchiura sowerbyi; Breeding; Ecology, environment; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Feeding Behavior; Fertility; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Geologic Sediments; Invertebrates; Laboratory Animal Science - methods; Laboratory cultures; Life Sciences; Life-cycle tests; Life-history traits; Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta - drug effects; Oligochaeta - growth & development; Oligochaeta - physiology; Sediment toxicity testing; Test endpoints; Toxicity Tests - methods; Tubifex tubifex; Life-cycle tests; Sediment toxicity testing; Test endpoints; Life-history traits; Laboratory cultures; Oligochaeta; Laboratory study; Life cycle (environment); Ecotoxicology; Toxicity test; Life history trait; Sediments; Annelida; Life cycle; Environment impact; Rearing; Invertebrata; Environmental protection; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; SEDIMENTS TOXICITY TESTING; OLIGOCHAETA; ELEVAGE EN LABORATOIRE; OLIGOCHETES; VER EAU DOUCE; LIFE-CYCLE TESTS; TEST ENDPOINTS; ECOTOXICOLOGIE; BIOESSAI; TRAIT D'HISTOIRE DE VIE; TOXICITE DES SEDIMENTS; LABORATORY CULTURES; CRITERE D'EFFET BIOLOGIQUE

This paper provides original collection, acclimatizing, rearing and toxicity test methods for the freshwater worm Branchiura sowerbyi, an alternative species to Tubifex tubifex for ecotoxicity evaluation of sediments. Influence of the substrate, type of food, and feeding level on individual performa...