Development and reproduction of the freshwater harpacticoid copepod Attheyella crassa for assessing sediment-associated toxicity

• Published in: Aquatic toxicology Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 180 - 189
• Main Authors: Turesson, Eva Ulfsdotter, Stiernström, Sara, Minten, Johanna, Adolfsson-Erici, Margaretha, Bengtsson, Bengt-Erik, Breitholtz, Magnus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 20.07.2007; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: animal development; animal models; animal reproduction; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Attheyella crassa; Bioassay; bioassays; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish; Chronic; Copepoda; Copepoda - drug effects; Copepoda - growth & development; Copepoda - physiology; Crustacea; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects; Environmental risk assessment; Europe; Female; Fresh Water; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungicide; Fungicides, Industrial - toxicity; General aspects; Geologic Sediments; Inhibitory Concentration 50; Invertebrates; laboratory animals; Male; Marine; mortality; Pilot Projects; Reproduction - drug effects; Reproduction - physiology; sediment contamination; tebuconazole; toxicity testing; Toxicity Tests - methods; Triazoles - toxicity; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Europe; Environmental risk assessment; Chronic; Bioassay; Effects; Europe; Fungicide; Ecotoxicology; Toxicity; Pesticides; Fresh water; Risk analysis; Sediments; Crustacea; Aquatic environment; Reproduction; Arthropoda; Copepoda; Invertebrata; Harpacticoidea

Both freshwater and marine sediments are sinks for many anthropogenic substances. This may pose a risk to benthic and epibenthic organisms and it is crucial that toxicity tests that are available for environmental risk assessment can identify potentially adverse effects of sediment-associated substa...