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We evaluated the use of Talitrus saltator as biomonitor of polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs) contamination of the supralittoral zone of Mediterranean sandy shores, an area not yet investigated about the presence of these pollutants. Twenty of 22 PCB congeners analysed were detected and quantified in sand and sandhoppers' samples collected in 6 different sites along the Tyrrhenian coast of Central Italy. Among the congeners analysed, PCB 153 and PCB 138 were the most abundant both in amphipods and sand samples and, regarding the congener pattern analysis, hexa-, hepta- and penta-PCBs were the most abundant congeners in sandhoppers. Though hydrophobic compounds, such as PCBs, bind strongly to sand and sediments, PCB concentrations were higher in T. saltator than in the sand revealing a good ability of this species to accumulate this class of contaminants. The concentration of each PCB congener recorded in tissues of sandhoppers showed significant differences among sampling sites revealing a good ability of these species to accumulate PCBs at different concentrations depending on the contamination levels of the sampling site. Therefore, our results suggest the possible utilisation of T. saltator as a biomonitor of PCB contamination of the supralittoral zone of Mediterranean sandy shores. 相似文献
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Giuseppe Ungherese 《Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)》2009,157(4):1360-1364
Although many studies have focused on trace metals accumulation, investigations of talitrid amphipods as biomarkers are rare. This study explores the possibility of using the solar orientation capacity of Talitrus saltator as a behavioural marker of exposure to two essential (Cu and Zn) and two non-essential (Cd and Hg) metals. LC50 analyses performed before the solar orientation tests showed that the 72 h LC50 for Hg was 0.02 ppm while the 96 h LC50 values for Cu, Cd and Zn were 13.28 ppm, 27.66 ppm, and 62.74 ppm, respectively. The presence of metals in seawater affects the solar orientation capacity of T. saltator in a concentration-dependent manner and according to the toxicity ranking of the metals (Hg > Cu > Cd > Zn). Therefore, the solar orientation capacity of T. saltator seems to be a promising behavioural marker for exposure to trace metals. 相似文献
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Claudia Borgioli Giovanni Maria Marchetti Felicitas Scapini 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1999,45(2):79-85
Under stressful conditions (e.g. finding themselves on dry or moisture-saturated substrates) littoral talitrids (Crustacea,
Amphipoda) demonstrate zonal orientation, in which they must promptly reach the optimal zone of the beach, the wet fringe
near the shoreline. A relationship might therefore exist between the use of orientation and the frequency of such stressful
conditions in the natural environment. Moreover, the efficiency of orientation toward the sea could be related to the possibility
of using strategies other than zonal orientation in order to avoid stress. This study analysed the actual use and efficiency
of orientation under natural conditions of four Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808) populations from Mediterranean and northern European Atlantic coasts with different ecological features.
Orientation tests were carried out on the beach with all natural cues available. Then the same individuals underwent control
experiments to study their sun orientation far from the sea in an experimental arena. The following results emerge from the
comparison of the circular distributions: (1) marked differences among populations in the precision of zonal recovery under
natural conditions; (2) a common solar orientation capacity in the control tests far from the sea; (3) different orientation
choices of the same individuals according to the test conditions, natural or controlled. The habitat diversity of the four
populations (amount, distribution and kind of detritus and wrack on the beach, degree of coastal erosion, orientation of the
shoreline, human use of the beach) provides an ecological interpretation for the differences in orientation observed among
populations.
Received: 13 October 1997 / Accepted after revision: 26 April 1998 相似文献
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