Toxic effects of some major polyaromatic hydrocarbons found in crude oil and aquatic sediments on Scenedesmus subspicatus
| Autor: | J. E. Djomo, J. F. Narbonne, Thomas Njiné, A. Dauta, V. Ferrier, Philippe Garrigues, A. Monkiedje |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Geologic Sediments
Environmental Engineering Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Chlorophyta chemistry.chemical_compound polycyclic compounds Ecotoxicology Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Waste Management and Disposal Scenedesmus Water Science and Technology Civil and Structural Engineering chemistry.chemical_classification biology Chemistry Ecological Modeling fungi Phenanthrene biology.organism_classification Pollution Petroleum Hydrocarbon Environmental chemistry Benzopyrene Pyrene Phytotoxicity Volatilization Water Pollutants Chemical |
| Zdroj: | Water Research. 38:1817-1821 |
| ISSN: | 0043-1354 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.watres.2003.10.023 |
| Popis: | The green alga, Scenedesmus subspicatus was exposed for 7 days to a series of PAHs (polyaromatic hydrocarbons) of increased molecular weight from two to five rings [naphthalene (Nap), anthracene (Ant), phenanthrene (Phe), pyrene (Pyr) and benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)]. The toxicity measured as population growth inhibition by individual PAH to the S. subspicatus followed the order: BaP>Pyr>Ant>Phe>Nap. These results confirmed that the toxicity potential of PAHs seems to be strongly influenced by their physico-chemical properties (aqueous solubility, K(ow), coefficient of volatilization, etc.) and the conditions of algae culture (light, presence of nitrate ions, etc.). Consequently, Nap, Phe and Ant having low k(ow) values and low coefficient of volatilization values were less toxic than BaP with the highest k(ow) value, indicating for example why Nap with the lowest EC(50) value was nearly 2 x 10(5) times lower than that of BaP. Moreover, nitrate ions seemed to act directly on the degree of hydroxylated radical reactivity of PAHs, since BaP always remained the most toxic of the compounds tested. The results were also agreed with the QSAR model for toxicity prediction of PAHs to many aquatic organisms. |
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