| Title | Importance of dietary uptake of trace elements in the benthic deposit-feeding Lumbriculus variegatus |
| Abstract | The Water Framework Directive and daughter Directives of the European Union state that a risk-assessment approach should be used to set Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) for different environmental compartments, including sediments. The derivation of sediment QSs is particularly relevant for substances that accumulate in sediment and could pose a risk through direct toxicity to benthic invertebrates, or to benthic predators through the food chain (secondary poisoning). For metals, total concentrations in sediment are not usually directly related to ecotoxicological effects because of variable natural background levels, and many abiotic and biotic factors can modify their bioaccessibility and bioavailability. The most common methods for incorporating bioavailability correction in QSsediment refer to the medium in which organisms live and determine only the chemical availability (bioaccessibility sensu) of elements, assuming that the available fraction is independent of the organisms to protect. However, there is significant evidence that the bioavailable fraction also depends on the feeding behavior and the ecology of biota, especially when the diet (sediment intake) is the main route of uptake. In the present work, we apply the Biodynamic Model to literature and original unpublished data of trace-element bioaccumulation in the sediment-dwelling oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus to assess the main factors that affect the bioaccumulation and hence the bioavailable fraction in sediments. Results highlighted that, for L. variegatus, there is not a single, predominant route of uptake for all the elements considered. Ni is accumulated mainly from pore water. Sediment ingestion s the main uptake route for As, Cd, Cu and Zn. Pb body burden seems to depend on both the freely dissolved concentration in pore water and the dietary uptake. When diet is the main route of uptake, trace-element bioaccumulation is strongly controlled by the sedimentingestion rate, which is itself a function of organic carbon (OC) content. We discuss the implications of these findings for the derivation of QSsediment and explore avenues for future research. |
| Source | TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry (Ref. ed., Print) 36, pp. 103–112 |
| Keywords | SedimentBioavailabilityEnvironmental Quality Standard |
| Journal | TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry (Ref. ed., Print) |
| Editor | Elsevier, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi |
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| Authors | Camusso M., Polesello S., Valsecchi S., Vignati D. |
| Text | 191716 2012 Sediment Bioavailability Environmental Quality Standard Importance of dietary uptake of trace elements in the benthic deposit feeding Lumbriculus variegatus Camusso M., Polesello S., Valsecchi S., Vignati D. IRSA CNR, Brugherio The Water Framework Directive and daughter Directives of the European Union state that a risk assessment approach should be used to set Environmental Quality Standards EQSs for different environmental compartments, including sediments. The derivation of sediment QSs is particularly relevant for substances that accumulate in sediment and could pose a risk through direct toxicity to benthic invertebrates, or to benthic predators through the food chain secondary poisoning . For metals, total concentrations in sediment are not usually directly related to ecotoxicological effects because of variable natural background levels, and many abiotic and biotic factors can modify their bioaccessibility and bioavailability. The most common methods for incorporating bioavailability correction in QSsediment refer to the medium in which organisms live and determine only the chemical availability bioaccessibility sensu of elements, assuming that the available fraction is independent of the organisms to protect. However, there is significant evidence that the bioavailable fraction also depends on the feeding behavior and the ecology of biota, especially when the diet sediment intake is the main route of uptake. In the present work, we apply the Biodynamic Model to literature and original unpublished data of trace element bioaccumulation in the sediment dwelling oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus to assess the main factors that affect the bioaccumulation and hence the bioavailable fraction in sediments. Results highlighted that, for L. variegatus, there is not a single, predominant route of uptake for all the elements considered. Ni is accumulated mainly from pore water. Sediment ingestion s the main uptake route for As, Cd, Cu and Zn. Pb body burden seems to depend on both the freely dissolved concentration in pore water and the dietary uptake. When diet is the main route of uptake, trace element bioaccumulation is strongly controlled by the sedimentingestion rate, which is itself a function of organic carbon OC content. We discuss the implications of these findings for the derivation of QSsediment and explore avenues for future research. 36 articolo 2012_Camussoetal_Bioavailability_TrAC.pdf Articolo in rivista Elsevier 0167 2940 TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry Ref. ed., Print TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry Ref. ed., Print TrAC, Trends anal. chem. Ref. ed., Print TrAC. Ref. ed., Print Trends in analytical chemistry Library edition Ref. ed., Print stefano.polesello POLESELLO STEFANO marina.camusso CAMUSSO MARINA davideanselmoluigi.vignati VIGNATI DAVIDE ANSELMO LUIGI saramaria.valsecchi VALSECCHI SARA MARIA TA.P04.021.007 Diffusione, ripartizione, bioaccumulo e trasformazione di inquinanti in ecosistemi acquatici |
