Photoenhanced toxicity of a weathered oil onCeriodaphnia dubia reproduction |
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Authors: | Robin D Calfee Edward E Little Laverne Cleveland Mace G Barron |
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Institution: | (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, 4200 New Haven Road, 65201 Columbia, Missouri, USA;(2) Stratus Consulting, Inc., 1881 Ninth Street Suite 201, 80302 Boulder, Colorado, USA |
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Abstract: | Traditionally, the toxic effects of petroleum have been investigated by conducting studies in the absence of ultraviolet radiation
(UV). Photomediated toxicity is often not considered, and the toxic effects of an oil spill can be grossly underestimated.
The toxicity of a weathered oil collected from a monitoring well at an abandoned oil field toCeriodaphnia dubia was examined in the presence of UV. A solar simulator equipped with UVB, UVA, and cool white lamps was used to generate environmentally
comparable solar radiation intensities.C. dubia were exposed to six concentrations of water accommodated fractions (WAF) of weathered oil in conjunction with three levels
of laboratory simulated UV (Reference = < 0.002 μW/cm2UVB; 3.0 μW/cm2 UVA; Low = 0.30 μW/cm2 UVB; 75.0 μW/cm2 UVA; High = 2.0 μW/cm2 UVB; 340.0 μW/cm2 UVA) and visible light. Seven day static renewal bioassays were used to characterize WAF/UV toxicity. WAF toxicity significantly
(p < 0.05) increased when the organisms were exposed to WAF in the presence of UV. The photoenhanced toxicity of the WAF increased
with WAF concentration within each UV regime. Relative to the reference light regime, the average number of neonates from
adults exposed to 1.6 mg TPH/L decreased significantly by 20% within the low light regime, and by 60% within the high light
regime. These results indicate that organisms exposed to dissolved-phase weathered oil in the presence of environmentally
realistic solar radiation, exhibit 1.3–2.5 times greater sensitivity, relative to organisms exposed under traditional laboratory
fluorescent lighting. |
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Keywords: | Ceriodaphnia PAHs petroleum hydrocarbons photoenhanced toxicity reproduction solar simulator ultraviolet radiation water accommodated fraction weathered oil |
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