{"title":"Effects of the Microcystis aeruginosa Strain RST9501 from Patos Lagoon, RS, on Growth and Reproduction of the Cladocera Ceriodaphnia dubia","authors":"N. Monteiro, J. Yunes, M. B. Bohrer-Morel","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2006.01.020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2006.01.020","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluates the toxicity of the Microcystis aeruginosa strain RST9501, isolated from Patos Lagoon, to cladocerans using standard tests with Ceriodaphnia dubia. The strain RST9501 was compared with the non-toxic M. aeruginosa strain NPJT-01. Chronic effects were estimated by evaluating reproduction and growth in C. dubia exposed to increasing concentrations of M. aeruginosa. Alternative food source constituted by Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and Artemia chow was made available for all treatments. The presence of the two strains of M. aeruginosa inhibited both reproduction and growth in C. dubia. Also, regardless the presence of microcystin, there was an increase in toxicity as the cell concentration of both strains increased.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124692464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. M. Silva, A. H. Rosa, F. M. Antunes, D. P. Nogueira, S. Lessa
{"title":"Relationship Between Water Quality and Land use Along a Stretch of the Sorocaba River (SP)","authors":"A. M. Silva, A. H. Rosa, F. M. Antunes, D. P. Nogueira, S. Lessa","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2009.01.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2009.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"Considering that the land use activities have direct impacts on water resources, the aim of this paper is presenting the spatial variation of the following parameters: pH, apparent color, true color, turbidity, conductivity and chemical oxygen demand along a stretch of the Sorocaba River, located in Sorocaba Municipality. Field incursions were done in order to survey insitu the conductivity and pH. Water samples were collected and transported to the laboratory for analysis of the remnant parameters. Conductivity and chemical demand of oxygen were the parameters that more closely revealed the degradation of the water quality. It was verified that the urban region was the main responsible by degradation of water quality and that vegetation patches did not improve the water quality patterns, just estilizaded them. Thus, although the Sorocaba River has been trying to control its levels of contamination, an extended work must be done in order to get better the water quality and its surroundings.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128599178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sensibilidade do Ouriço Arbacia lixula (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) em Testes de Toxicidade","authors":"M. Máximo, L.S.M. Mottola, C. Resgalla-Jr","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2008.01.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2008.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"Sensitivity of the sea urchin Arbacia lixula (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in toxicity tests This study investigates the sea urchin Arbacia lixula in terms of embryonic and larval development time, development tolerance in different salinities and maintenance water temperatures, its repeatability in the presence of reference toxicants used in toxicity tests, and its sensitivity in comparison with other species of sea urchin normally used in Brazil. The embryonic development of A. lixula at 25°C rapidly reached the larval stage pluteus in less than 24 hours, therefore it was not necessary to extend the period of the experiments. However, it presents some disadvantages such as a fertilization membrane that is not very clear, and often with a fertilization rate from 70 to 80%. The experiments to determine the viability of the embryos in different salinities and temperatures demonstrated a wide tolerance, with a normal development of 24 h between the salinities of 29 and 39 and 20 h for 30 o C of temperature. The toxicity tests carried out with the reference toxicant resulted in values for variation coefficients lower than 30% for chromium and zinc, demonstrating that the tests are repeateable. When compared with other sea-urchin species (Lytechinus variegatus and Echinometra lucunter), A. lixula presented sensitivity of the same order and scale, and similar results were obtained for the environmental samples (sediment elutriate).","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127900032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Imposex Development Index (IDI) for Stramonita haemastoma (Mollusca: Muricidae): A Transplantation Experiment in the Brazilian Northeast","authors":"L. R. Queiroz, Í. Castro, C. Rocha-Barreira","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2007.03.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2007.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"A total of 600 Stramonita haemastoma (Mollusca: Muricidae) individuals, free of imposex, were transplanted into a marina with an intense ship flow. Thirty individuals were collected periodically until 210 days and analyzed according to RPLI (Relative Penis Length Index), RPSI (Relative Penis Size Index), IDI (Imposex Development Index, developed in this study), and imposex percentage. The proposed Imposex Development Index (IDI) presented three developmental paths, being two of them aphallic. The incidence of aphally was quite high along the experiment. An underdevelopment of the male characters in imposexed females was clearly observed. At first sample (15 days) all females showed evidence of imposex. RPLI and RPSI had a strong correlation with time along the transplantation. Correlation of imposex development (IDI) with time was also significant. This index increased gradually, reaching a stage IV at day 210, with all females showing a complete vas deferens.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"302 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126921177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. C. Tagliari, Rubens Cecchini, J. V. Rocha, V.M.F. Vargas, S. França
{"title":"Mutagenicidade do Sedimento e Estresse Oxidativo Hepático em Peixes sob a Influência de Curtumes","authors":"K. C. Tagliari, Rubens Cecchini, J. V. Rocha, V.M.F. Vargas, S. França","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2006.01.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2006.01.012","url":null,"abstract":"Sediment mutagenicity and liver oxidative stress in fish under tannery influence The mutagenicity of interstitial water and organic extracts from the sediments in the Cadeia and Feitoria Rivers, RS, Brazil, were evaluated by Salmonella microsuspension bioassay using TA97a, TA98, TA100 and TA102 strains, in the absence and presence of S9 mix. At the contaminated site, the mutagenic responses for interstitial water, suggested the presence of frameshift and base pair substitution mutagens, including substances that generate oxidative stress. Organic extracts presented direct or indicative mutagenesis to the TA97a, TA98 and TA100 strains. In general, an exogenous metabolic systems decreased the mutagenicity of the samples. The livers of Gymnogeophagus gymnogenys, family Cichlidae, collected in this impacted area, compared to a non-polluted site, were analyzed for oxidative stress parameters. Compared to the controls, there was a significant increase in the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), levels of substances reactive to thiobarbituric acid (TBARS), and in the chemiluminescence of hepatic cells in fish collected at the polluted area. The concentration of cytochromes P450 and b5 decreased drastically in the fish at the polluted site, while the catalase activity did not change. It was possible to correlate the biological changes in the fish with the presence of mutagenic compounds in interstitial water in this area.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116240938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daiane Azevedo, D. S. Oliveira, H. Guimarães, R. Martins, M. Macchiore, P. Saldiva
{"title":"Comparação dos Efeitos do Material Particulado em Suspensão (PTS) Colhido em Diferentes Fontes Emissoras de Poluentes sobre a Embriogênese em Ovos de Galinha","authors":"Daiane Azevedo, D. S. Oliveira, H. Guimarães, R. Martins, M. Macchiore, P. Saldiva","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2006.01.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2006.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121669255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eduardo Bustos-Obregón, T. D. Iederichs, F. D. Río, L. Sarabia, S. Chile
{"title":"Efecto de Malatión y de Maca (Lepidium meyenii) sobre la Espermatogenesis del Ratón (Mus musculus)","authors":"Eduardo Bustos-Obregón, T. D. Iederichs, F. D. Río, L. Sarabia, S. Chile","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2007.01.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2007.01.005","url":null,"abstract":"Effect of Malathion and Maca (Lepidium meyenii) on espermatogenis of mouse Malathion induces testicular alterations related to decrease of fertility in different species. The extract of a plant (Maca) was utilized to analyze if it has an antagonistic effect to malathion. For this trial, for which 52 mice of 12 weeks of age were utilized, distributed in 4 groups (Control, Maca, Malathion, Maca + Malathion) and injected intraperitoneally with Malathion or NaCl 0.9% and/or Maca (given orally by means of an esophagic tube) mice were sacrificed at days 1, 7, 14 and 21. The frequency of the stages of the seminiferous epithelium was determined in histological sections staind with Peryodic Acid Schiff – Hematoxylin for the evaluation of the spermatic acrosomas. The data were analyzed with the t non parametric test of ANOVA of Kruskal-Wallis, and multivariable analysis of Dunn. Al day 1 post treatment it was observed that the stage XII is more frequent with Maca and Malathion + Maca but diminishes with Malathion by day 7. A significative increase of the stage VII is found in the group treated with Malathion. Al day 14 an increase of the stage VIII is seen in the group treated with Malathion, which is not the case for group treated with Malathion + Maca, the same situations is found by day 21 in the stage IX. These results suggest that Malathion alters the frequency of stages of the cycle while Maca protects the tubules from this damage.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131291152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Umbuzeiro, C. A. Coimbrao, Fábio Kummrow, D. Lobo, P. Saldiva
{"title":"Mutagenic Activity Assessment of Cristais River, São Paulo, Brazil, Using the Blue Rayon/Salmonella Microsome and the Tradescantia pallida Micronuclei Assays","authors":"G. Umbuzeiro, C. A. Coimbrao, Fábio Kummrow, D. Lobo, P. Saldiva","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2007.02.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2007.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"Cristais River, located in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo city, is used as source of drinking water and mutagenic activity was observed in the extracts obtained from its waters. This effect was associated to a discharge of a textile dye processing plant that contains, among other mutagenic compounds, the dyes C.I. Disperse Blue 373, C.I. Disperse Violet 93 and C.I. Disperse Orange 37. The objective of this work was to assess the mutagenic activity using the blue rayon hanging technique (BR)/Salmonella microsome assay and the Tradescantia-MCN mutagenicity test exposed in the field for 24 hours before and after the discharge of the cited industrial effluent. The BR/Salmonella microsome assay showed to be sensitive to detect the mutagenicity, after the textile dye processing plant discharge. The Trad-MCN assay, using plant cuttings exposed directly in the river showed an increased response after the industrial discharge. Due to its simplicity and low cost, the Trad-MCN assay seems to be a good alternative for screening surface waters for mutagenic activity. Both techniques have the advantage of better represent the environmental conditions because the extraction/exposure is performed in the field during 24 hours.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115535659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efecto Toxicológico del \"Sachayoco\", Paullinia clavigera (Sapindaceae) sobre Daphnia magna y sobre Dos Controladores Biológicos de Plagas Agrícolas","authors":"J. Iannacone, L. Alvariño, J. Soto, C. Salcedo","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2007.01.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2007.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"Toxicological effect of soapberry, Paullinia clavigera (Sapindaceae) on Daphnia magna and on two biological control of agriculture pests Soapberry, Paullinia clavigera Simpson (Sapindaceae) is used as a craft insecticide in Peruvian Amazon. The aim of the current research was to evaluate the toxicological effect of P. clavigera proceeding of Pucallpa, Peru, on Daphnia magna Strauss, 1820 (Crustacea: Daphniidae), and on two biological controls of agriculture pests: Copidosoma koehleri Blanchard, 1940 (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), and Chrysoperla externa (Hagen 1861) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). In D. magna (LC 50 at 48 h exposure), the highest effects were found with leaves (LC 50 = 237 mg L –1 ) and stem cortex (LC 50 = 398 mg L –1 ) chlorophormic extracts. In C. koehleri (LC 50 at 48 h exposure and emergence of adults), only hexanic extracts of leaves (LC 50 = 145 mg L –1 ; 38.9%) and stem cortex (LC 50 = 298.6 mg L –1 ; 16.8%) produced effects on mortality and emergency of adults, respectively. Toxicological effects of stem cortex chlorophormic botanic extracts on larvae of C. externa (at 96 h of exposure) were not found. Leaves and stem cortex ethanolic extracts had the most potential for use in an integrated pest management (IPM) because they were less toxicand selective to biological control and for D. magna in the freshwater environment.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114219424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Vestena, J. Cambraia, M. A. Oliveira, J. Oliveira
{"title":"Cadmium Accumulation by Water Hyacinth and Salvinia Under Different Sulfur Concentrations","authors":"S. Vestena, J. Cambraia, M. A. Oliveira, J. Oliveira","doi":"10.5132/JBSE.2007.03.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5132/JBSE.2007.03.010","url":null,"abstract":"Cadmium (Cd) accumulation by water hyacinth and salvinia under different sulfur (S) concentrations was studied. Plants were exposed during six days to 0 and 5 µM of Cd in nutrient solution with 0, 400 and 800 µM of S, and then S and Cd contents in tops and roots were determined. Sulfur content was always higher in S-treated plants, independent of the presence of Cd. Cadmium content in Cd-treated plants increased with the addition of S to the nutrient solution in both species. Water hyacinth roots accumulate an average of 1.4 time more Cd than those of salvinia. The increase in S concentration from 400 to 800 µM, however, usually did not result in additional increase in S nor in Cd accumulation. The molar Cd/S ratio after Cd treatment reached average values of about 4.8 in roots and 2.6 in tops in comparison to their respective controls. Both species, therefore, were Cd accumulators and the accumulation was larger in the roots under presence of S. Since water hyacinth produced larger root mass and accumulated more Cd, it showed larger capacity to remove Cd from aquatic systems contaminated with this metal, especially if S is available.","PeriodicalId":163251,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Brazilian Society of Ecotoxicology","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123149617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}