Toxicity characterisation of sediment porewaters collected from UK estuaries using a Tisbe battagliai bioassay |
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Authors: | Thomas Kevin V Barnard Nicola Collins Katrina Eggleton Jacqueline |
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Institution: | CEFAS Burnham Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Remembrance Avenue, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex CM0 8HA, UK. k.v.thomas@cefas.co.uk |
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Abstract: | The lethal toxicity of sediment porewater isolated from samples collected from six United Kingdom estuaries was tested using a Tisbe battagliai bioassay. A selection of Phase 1 toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) procedures was then used to characterise the substances responsible for the measured toxicity. In samples collected in 2000, cationic metals, ammonia, organic compounds were identified as the cause of toxicity in the most toxic sample collected. Some of the toxicity remained uncharacterised. It was shown that the toxicity in samples collected from the same locations in 2001 was due to ammonia. The successful application of the T. battagliai bioassay demonstrates that it is a suitable assay for marine sediment porewater TIE and that combined with simple characterisation procedures allow an initial assessment to be made on the type of substances responsible for the measured toxicity. |
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