TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute and chronic toxicity of nickel on freshwater and marine tropical aquatic organisms
AU - Wang, Zhen
AU - Yeung, Katie W.Y.
AU - Zhou, Guang Jie
AU - Yung, Mana M.N.
AU - Schlekat, Christian E.
AU - Garman, Emily R.
AU - Gissi, Francesca
AU - Stauber, Jennifer L.
AU - Middleton, Ellie T.
AU - Lin Wang, Yolina Yu
AU - Leung, Kenneth M.Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a research grant from the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association ( NiPERA ). Wang YYL was partially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (21906067) and the Shantou University Scientific Research Foundation for Talents (NTF19044) to Wang Z. The manuscript contained experiments using marine medaka fish, for which permissions have been obtained from the Department of Health, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (Ref Nos. (11–189) in DH/HA&P/8/2/3 Pt.27 and (10–147) in DH/HA&P/8/2/3 Pt.19), while the experimental procedures were approved by the Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research (CULATR) of the University of Hong Kong.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by a research grant from the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association (NiPERA). Wang YYL was partially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (21906067) and the Shantou University Scientific Research Foundation for Talents (NTF19044) to Wang Z. The manuscript contained experiments using marine medaka fish, for which permissions have been obtained from the Department of Health, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region (Ref Nos. (11?189) in DH/HA&P/8/2/3 Pt.27 and (10?147) in DH/HA&P/8/2/3 Pt.19), while the experimental procedures were approved by the Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research (CULATR) of the University of Hong Kong.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/12/15
Y1 - 2020/12/15
N2 - Water quality guidelines and ecological risk assessment of chemical substances like nickel (Ni) in tropical regions such as South East Asia and Melanesia are often based on temperate information as a result of fewer Ni ecotoxicity data available for tropical species. This leaves an unknown margin of uncertainty in the risk assessment in the tropics. In order to fill this data gap, this study was designed to conduct standard toxicity tests on Ni with two freshwater species (acute tests) and three marine species (acute and chronic tests) originated from tropical Hong Kong. All tests were carried out using measured concentrations of Ni with control mortality below 15%. The median lethal concentrations (LC50s) were determined as 2520 (95% confidence interval: 2210, 2860) and 426 (351, 515) μg Ni L−1 for the freshwater gastropods Pomacea lineata (48 h) and Sulcospira hainanensis (96 h), respectively, while 96 h LC50s of 4300 (3610, 5090), 18,200 (6470, 51,200), 62,400 (56,800, 68,500), and 71,700 (68,200, 75,400) μg Ni L−1 were derived for the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus, the gastropod Monodonta labio, juvenile and adult of the marine fish Oryzias melastigma, respectively. The chronic effect concentration of 10% (EC10) based on the intrinsic rate of increase of the population of T. japonicus was 29 (12, 69) μg Ni L−1. In terms of growth inhibition, the chronic EC10 for M. labio was 34 (17, 67) μg Ni L−1. The results also indicated that T. japonicus in maturation stage (LC10: 484 (349, 919) μg Ni L−1) was less sensitive than its nauplii stage (LC10: 44 (27, 72) μg Ni L−1). This study represents an important addition of high-quality toxicity data to the tropical Ni toxicity database which can be used for future ecological risk assessment of Ni and derivation of its water quality guidelines in tropical regions.
AB - Water quality guidelines and ecological risk assessment of chemical substances like nickel (Ni) in tropical regions such as South East Asia and Melanesia are often based on temperate information as a result of fewer Ni ecotoxicity data available for tropical species. This leaves an unknown margin of uncertainty in the risk assessment in the tropics. In order to fill this data gap, this study was designed to conduct standard toxicity tests on Ni with two freshwater species (acute tests) and three marine species (acute and chronic tests) originated from tropical Hong Kong. All tests were carried out using measured concentrations of Ni with control mortality below 15%. The median lethal concentrations (LC50s) were determined as 2520 (95% confidence interval: 2210, 2860) and 426 (351, 515) μg Ni L−1 for the freshwater gastropods Pomacea lineata (48 h) and Sulcospira hainanensis (96 h), respectively, while 96 h LC50s of 4300 (3610, 5090), 18,200 (6470, 51,200), 62,400 (56,800, 68,500), and 71,700 (68,200, 75,400) μg Ni L−1 were derived for the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus, the gastropod Monodonta labio, juvenile and adult of the marine fish Oryzias melastigma, respectively. The chronic effect concentration of 10% (EC10) based on the intrinsic rate of increase of the population of T. japonicus was 29 (12, 69) μg Ni L−1. In terms of growth inhibition, the chronic EC10 for M. labio was 34 (17, 67) μg Ni L−1. The results also indicated that T. japonicus in maturation stage (LC10: 484 (349, 919) μg Ni L−1) was less sensitive than its nauplii stage (LC10: 44 (27, 72) μg Ni L−1). This study represents an important addition of high-quality toxicity data to the tropical Ni toxicity database which can be used for future ecological risk assessment of Ni and derivation of its water quality guidelines in tropical regions.
KW - Freshwater
KW - Marine
KW - Nickel
KW - Species sensitivity
KW - Tropical ecotoxicology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091766943&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111373
DO - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111373
M3 - Article
C2 - 33002820
AN - SCOPUS:85091766943
SN - 0147-6513
VL - 206
JO - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
JF - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
M1 - 111373
ER -
