Effects of methylmercury and inorganic mercury on periphytic diatom communities in freshwater indoor microcosms

Pérès, F.1,2, Coste, M.3, Ricard, F.2, Boudou, A.1
1Laboratoire d'Ecotoxicologie, Université Bordeaux I/CNRS, Talence Cedex, France
2Institut d‘Aménagement, Université Bordeaux III, Talence Cedex, France
3Cemagref, Cestas, France

Tóm tắt

The effects of inorganic mercury (HgII) and methylmercury (MeHg) on the colonization of artificial substrates by periphytic diatoms were studied using indoor freshwater microcosms. These consisted of a mixed biotope– water column + natural sediment – with rooted macrophyte cuttings (Elodea densa) and benthic bivalve molluscs (Corbicula fluminea).The periphyton was collected on glass slides in the water column after 34and 71 days. The two Hg sources were introduced either by daily additions to the water column, or once at the beginning into the sediment, using two nominal concentrations: water column, 0.5 μgL-1 and 2 μg L-1 for both compounds: sediment, 0.5 mg kg-1 (fw) and 2 mgkg-1 (fw) for MeHg and 1 mg kg-1 (fw) and 10 mgkg-1 (fw) for HgII. Several complementary criteria were used to analyse the structural and functional perturbations induced: cell density, species richness, diatom size, relative abundance. Exposure to MeHg added to the water column resulted in reduced cell density and changes in species composition with enhancement of e.g. Fallacia pygmaea or Nitzschia palea; inorganic Hg had less effect on the population structure. After contamination via the sediment, the effects of the two compounds were less pronounced than for the water source.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

citation_journal_title=Hydrobiologia; citation_title=Colonization processes of diatoms on artificial substrates in the River Danube near Budapest, Hungary; citation_author=E Acs, KT Kiss; citation_volume=269; citation_publication_date=1993; citation_pages=307-315; citation_doi=10.1007/BF00028029; citation_id=CR1

citation_journal_title=Int. Revue ges. Hydrobiol.; citation_title=Benthic diatoms as indicators of mining pollution in the Northwest Miramichi River System, New Brunswick, Canada; citation_author=WK Besch, M Ricard, R Cantin; citation_volume=57; citation_publication_date=1972; citation_pages=39-74; citation_id=CR2

citation_journal_title=Chem. Biol. Interactions; citation_title=Transport of mercury compounds across bimolecular lipid membranes: effect of lipid composition, pH and chloride concentration; citation_author=E Bienvenue, A Boudou, JP Desmazàs, C Gavach, D Georgescauld, J Sandeaux, R Sandeaux, P Seta; citation_volume=48; citation_publication_date=1984; citation_pages=91-101; citation_doi=10.1016/0009-2797(84)90009-7; citation_id=CR3

citation_journal_title=Wat. Air Soil Pollut.; citation_title=Experimental study of trophic contamination of Salmo gairdneriby twomercury compounds: analysis at the organism and organ levels; citation_author=A Boudou, F Ribeyre; citation_volume=26; citation_publication_date=1985; citation_pages=137-148; citation_doi=10.1007/BF00292064; citation_id=CR4

citation_journal_title=Malacol. Rev.; citation_title=A dissection guide, field and laboratory manual for the introduced bivalve Corbicula fluminea; citation_author=JC Britton, B Morton; citation_volume=3; citation_publication_date=1982; citation_pages=1-82; citation_id=CR5

citation_journal_title=Bot. mar.; citation_title=The effects of mercury exposure on intracellular distribution of mercury, copper and zinc in Skeletonema costatum (Grev.) Cleve; citation_author=L Cloutier-Mantha, DA Brown; citation_volume=23; citation_publication_date=1980; citation_pages=53-58; citation_doi=10.1515/botm.1980.23.1.53; citation_id=CR6

Coste M, Bosca C, Dauta A (1991) Use of algae for monitoring rivers in France. In Whitton BA, Rott E & Friedrich G (eds) Use of Algae for Monitoring Rivers, Universität Innsbruck: 75–88.

citation_title=Toxicity and resistance of algae to heavy metals; citation_inbook_title=Plants and Pollutants in Developed and Developing Countries; citation_publication_date=1989; citation_pages=1935; citation_id=CR8; citation_author=LF De Filippis; citation_publisher=Ege Univ. Press

citation_journal_title=Arch. Hydrobiol.; citation_title=Heavy metals: Sources and biological effects; citation_author=LF De Filippis, CK Pallaghy; citation_volume=42; citation_publication_date=1994; citation_pages=31-77; citation_id=CR9

citation_journal_title=Ecology; citation_title=The responses of plankton communities in experimental ponds to atrazine, the most heavily used pesticide in the United States; citation_author=F De Noyelles, WD Kettle, DE Sinn; citation_volume=63; citation_publication_date=1982; citation_pages=1285-1293; citation_doi=10.2307/1938856; citation_id=CR10

citation_journal_title=Chem. Biol. Interactions; citation_title=Specific interactions of mercury chloride with membranes and other ligands as revealed by mercury-NMR; citation_author=M Delnomdedieu, A Boudou, D Georgescauld, EJ Dufourc; citation_volume=81; citation_publication_date=1992; citation_pages=243-269; citation_doi=10.1016/0009-2797(92)90081-U; citation_id=CR11

citation_journal_title=Analyst; citation_title=Rapid technique for the breakdown of organic mercury compounds in natural waters and effluents; citation_author=F. BJ, N. LA, R. MG; citation_volume=103; citation_publication_date=1978; citation_pages=656-659; citation_doi=10.1039/an9780300656; citation_id=CR12

citation_journal_title=Wat. Res.; citation_title=Status of uptake of mercury by the freshwater diatom, Synedra ulna; citation_author=M Fujita, K Hashizume; citation_volume=9; citation_publication_date=1975; citation_pages=889-894; citation_doi=10.1016/0043-1354(75)90038-X; citation_id=CR13

citation_journal_title=Hydrobiologia; citation_title=Algalperiphyton population and community changes from zinc stress in stream mesocosms; citation_author=RB Genter, DS Cherry, EP Smith, J Cairns; citation_volume=153; citation_publication_date=1987; citation_pages=261-275; citation_id=CR14

citation_journal_title=Wat. Air Soil Pollut.; citation_title=Interactions of inorganic mercury with micellar phospholipid headgroups: a 31P-NMR study; citation_author=L Girault, P Lemaire, A Boudou, L Dufourc; citation_volume=80; citation_publication_date=1994; citation_pages=95-98; citation_doi=10.1007/BF01189657; citation_id=CR15

citation_journal_title=Fish. Sci.; citation_title=Inhibitory effects of heavy metals on growth and photosynthesis of three freshwater microalgae; citation_author=NG Guanzon, JH Nakahara, Y Yoshida; citation_volume=60; citation_publication_date=1994; citation_pages=379-384; citation_id=CR16

citation_journal_title=J. Memb. Biol.; citation_title=Inorganic mercury (Hg2+) transport through lipid bilayers membranes; citation_author=J Gutknecht; citation_volume=61; citation_publication_date=1981; citation_pages=61-66; citation_doi=10.1007/BF01870753; citation_id=CR17

citation_journal_title=Science; citation_title=Mercury compounds reduce photosynthesis by plankton; citation_author=RC Harris, DB White, RB Macfarlane; citation_volume=170; citation_publication_date=1970; citation_pages=736-737; citation_id=CR18

citation_journal_title=Am. J. Bot.; citation_title=Colonization and community structure of two periphyton assemblages, with emphasis on the diatoms (Bacillariophyceae); citation_author=KD Hoagland, SC Roemer, JR Rosowski; citation_volume=69; citation_publication_date=1982; citation_pages=188-213; citation_doi=10.2307/2443006; citation_id=CR19

citation_journal_title=Bibl. Diatomol.; citation_title=Aufwuchs Diatomeen in Seen und ihre Eignung als Indikatoren der Trophie; citation_author=G Hofmann; citation_volume=30; citation_publication_date=1994; citation_pages=1-241; citation_id=CR20

Inza B, Ribeyre F, Maury-Brachet R, Boudou A (1997) Tissue distribution of inorganic mercury, methylmercury and cadmium in the asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) in relation to the contamination levels of the water column and sediment. Envir. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int. (in press).

citation_title=Bacillariophyceae 1 Teil; citation_inbook_title=Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa; citation_publication_date=1986; citation_id=CR22; citation_author=K Krammer; citation_author=H Lange-Bertalot; citation_publisher=G Fisher Verlag

citation_journal_title=Act. Physiol. Plant.; citation_title=Some aspects of heavy metals toxicity towards photosynthetic apparatus–direct and indirect effects on light and dark reactions; citation_author=Z Krupa, T Baszynski; citation_volume=17; citation_publication_date=1995; citation_pages=177-190; citation_id=CR23

citation_journal_title=Ecotoxicol. envir. Safety; citation_title=Fate and effects ofmercury inmarine plankton communities in experimental enclosures; citation_author=J Kuiper; citation_volume=5; citation_publication_date=1981; citation_pages=106-134; citation_doi=10.1016/0147-6513(81)90050-6; citation_id=CR24

citation_journal_title=Chem. Biol. Interactions; citation_title=Permeability of lipid bilayers to methylmercuric chloride: quantification by fluorescence quenching of a carbazole-labeled phospholipid; citation_author=JR Lakowicz, CJ Anderson; citation_volume=30; citation_publication_date=1980; citation_pages=309-323; citation_doi=10.1016/0009-2797(80)90054-X; citation_id=CR25

citation_journal_title=Nova Hedwigia; citation_title=Pollution tolerance of diatoms as a criterion for water quality estimation; citation_author=H Lange-Bertalot; citation_volume=64; citation_publication_date=1979; citation_pages=285-304; citation_id=CR26

citation_journal_title=Hydrobiologia; citation_title=‘OMNIDIA’ software for taxonomy, calculation of diatom indices and inventories management; citation_author=C Lecointe, M Coste, J Prygiel; citation_volume=269; citation_publication_date=1993; citation_pages=509-513; citation_doi=10.1007/BF00028048; citation_id=CR27

citation_journal_title=Envir. Sci. Technol.; citation_title=Uptake, toxicity, and trophic transfer of mercury in a coastal diatom; citation_author=RP Mason, JR Reinfelder, FMM Morel; citation_volume=30; citation_publication_date=1995; citation_pages=1835-1845; citation_doi=10.1021/es950373d; citation_id=CR28

citation_journal_title=Ecotoxicol. Envir. Safety; citation_title=Actions and interactions of temperature and photoperiod on mercury accumulation by Elodea densafrom sediment source; citation_author=R Maury-Brachet, F Ribeyre, A Boudou; citation_volume=10; citation_publication_date=1990; citation_pages=141-155; citation_doi=10.1016/0147-6513(90)90053-8; citation_id=CR29

citation_journal_title=J. appl. Phycol.; citation_title=Algae as indicators of environmental change; citation_author=P McCormick, J Cairns; citation_volume=6; citation_publication_date=1994; citation_pages=509-526; citation_doi=10.1007/BF02182405; citation_id=CR30

citation_journal_title=Toxicol. environ. Chem.; citation_title=Inorganic mercury and methylmercury bioaccumulation by nymphs of the burrowing mayfly Hexagenia rigidafrom the water column as the initial contamination source. Quantification of the actions and interactions with temperature, pH and photoperiod; citation_author=M Odin, A Feurtet-Mazel, F Ribeyre, A Boudou; citation_volume=48; citation_publication_date=1995; citation_pages=213-244; citation_doi=10.1080/02772249509358167; citation_id=CR31

citation_journal_title=Am. Sci.; citation_title=Effects of trace metals in the aquatic ecosystem; citation_author=R Patrick; citation_volume=66; citation_publication_date=1978; citation_pages=185-191; citation_id=CR32

citation_journal_title=Envir. Pollut.; citation_title=Effects of the phenylurea herbicide Isoproturon on periphytic diatom communities in freshwater indoor microcosms; citation_author=F Pérès, D Florin, T Grollier, A Feurtet-Mazel, M Coste, F Ribeyre, M Ricard, A Boudou; citation_volume=94; citation_publication_date=1996; citation_pages=141-152; citation_doi=10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00080-2; citation_id=CR33

citation_title=Trophic chains and experimental ecosystems: study of bioaccumulation and transfer processes; citation_inbook_title=Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Fundamental Concepts and Methodologies; citation_publication_date=1989; citation_pages=3-46; citation_id=CR34; citation_author=F Ribeyre; citation_author=A Boudou; citation_publisher=CRC Press

citation_journal_title=Environ. Tech.; citation_title=Experimental ecosystems: comparative study of two methods of contamination of the water column by mercury compounds in relation to bioaccumulation of the metal by rooted macrophytes (Ludwigia natans); citation_author=F Ribeyre; citation_volume=12; citation_publication_date=1991; citation_pages=503-518; citation_id=CR35

citation_title=The Diatoms. Biology and Morphology of the Genera; citation_publication_date=1990; citation_id=CR36; citation_author=FE Round; citation_author=RM Crawford; citation_author=DG Mann; citation_publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press

citation_journal_title=Hydrobiologia; citation_title=The effects of dissolved heavy metals on attached diatoms in the Uintah basin of Utah, U.S.A.; citation_author=SR Rushforth, JD Brotherson, N Fungladda, WE Evenson; citation_volume=83; citation_publication_date=1981; citation_pages=313-323; citation_doi=10.1007/BF00008282; citation_id=CR37

Snedecor GW, Cochran WG (1971) Méthodes Statistiques. Ass. Coord. Tech. Agr., Paris, 412 pp.

citation_title=Algal communities of continental waters; citation_inbook_title=Vegetation of Inland Waters; citation_publication_date=1988; citation_pages=183-221; citation_id=CR39; citation_author=JJ Symoens; citation_author=E Kusel-Fetzmann; citation_author=J-P Descy; citation_publisher=Kluwer Acad. Publ.

citation_journal_title=Neth. J. aquat. Ecol.; citation_title=A coded checklist and ecological indicator values of freshwater diatoms from the Netherlands; citation_author=H Van Dam, A Mertens, J Sinkeldam; citation_volume=28; citation_publication_date=1994; citation_pages=117-133; citation_doi=10.1007/BF02334251; citation_id=CR40

citation_title=How many cells to count?; citation_inbook_title=Phytoplankton Manual; citation_publication_date=1978; citation_pages=167-180; citation_id=CR41; citation_author=EL Venrick; citation_publisher=UNESCO

citation_journal_title=Austr. J. Ecol.; citation_title=Use of algae and other plants for monitoring rivers; citation_author=BA Whitton, MG Kelly; citation_volume=20; citation_publication_date=1995; citation_pages=45-56; citation_doi=10.1111/j.1442-9993.1995.tb00521.x; citation_id=CR42