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Zebrafish as a possible bioindicator of organic pollutants with effects on reproduction in drinking waters

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2015年第7期27卷 254-260页

作者： M.Martínez-Sales F.García-Ximénez F.J.Espinós Aquaculture and Environmental Research Group (ACUMA) Polytechnic University of Valencia

Organic contaminants can be detected at low concentrations in drinking water, raising concerns for human health, particularly in reproduction. In this respect, we attempted to use the zebrafish as a bioindicator to detect the possible presence of these substances in drinking water, aiming to define the most relevant parameters to detect these substances, which particularly affect the development and reproduction of zebrafish. To this end, batches of30 embryos with the chorion intact were cultured in drinking waters from different sources,throughout their full life-cycle up to 5 months, in 20 L tanks. Six replicates were performed in all water groups, with a total of 24 aquariums. Two generations（F0 and F1） were studied and the following parameters were tested： in the F0 generation, survival and abnormality rates evaluated at 5 dpf（days post-fertilization） and at 5 mpf（months post-fertilization）,the onset of spawning and the fertility rate from 3 mpf to 5 mpf, and the sex ratio and underdeveloped specimens at 5 mpf. Furthermore, in the F0 offspring（F1）, survival and abnormality rates were evaluated at 5 dpf and the hatching rate at 72 hpf. These results revealed that the hatching rate is the most sensitive parameter to distinguish different levels of effects between waters during the early life stages, whereas the rate of underdeveloped specimens is more suitable at later life stages. Regarding adult reproduction, fertility rate was the most sensitive parameter. The possible reversibility or accumulative nature of such effects will be studied in future work.

关键词： Organic pollutants bioindicator Development and reproduction parameters Drinking water Zebrafish

Testing the effectiveness of conservation management within biosphere reserves:the case of the Mexican deer mouse(Peromyscus mexicanus)as a bioindicator

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Integrative Zoology 2019年第5期14卷 422-434页

作者： Irene COBO-SIMÓN Belén MÉNDEZ-CEA Héctor PORTILLO Fausto ELVIR Hermes VEGA Francisco Javier GALLEGO Gustavo FONTECHA Department of Genetics Physiology and MicrobiologyComplutense University of MadridMadridSpain 2Department of Physical Chemical and Natural SystemsUniversity Pablo de OlavideSevilleSpain Grupo de Investigación Para La Biodiversidad de Honduras GIBH-BALAM National Autonomous University of HondurasTegucigalpaHonduras

Biosphere reserves are protected areas whose purpose is to combine conservation and sustainable development.However,their effectiveness has not been tested sufficiently,especially from an ecological and genetic approach.In this sense,the Peromyscus genus represents an excellent bioindicator to address these questions,due to its short life and high evolutionary rate and fecundity.For conservation managers,genetic structure can increase the rate of loss of genetic diversity because alleles exclusive of a subpopulation are more likely to disappear as a consequence of genetic drift in comparison with a panmictic population.Here we analyzed the abundance,movement distances,morphology/morphometry and genetic structure of 3 populations of Mexican deer mouse(Peromyscus mexicanus)located in different protected zones of La Tigra National Park(Honduras).Our results are consistent among the 3 approaches and showed the highest values of abundance,morphometry and genetic diversity in the population located at the core zone,whereas non-statistically significant differences were found between buffer and transition zone populations,suggesting suitable effectiveness of conservation management in the core zone but a lack of ecological buffering function of the other zones.In addition,the low movement distances and high genetic structure among the studied populations provide evidence of poor conservation management in the buffer and transition zone.Thus,we discuss the utility of the novel methodology used in this work,combining morphometry,abundance and genetics,in testing the effectiveness of conservation strategies in biosphere reserves,and the value of the Peromyscus genus as a bioindicator.

关键词： bioindicator conservation Peromyscus mexicanus SSR

Using immune cell-based bioactivity assays to compare the inflammatory activities of oil sands process-affected waters from a pilot scale demonstration pit lake

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2023年第6期128卷 55-70页

作者： Dustin M.E.Lillico Nora A.S.Hussain Yemaya Y.Choo-Yin Rui Qin Zuo Tong How Mohamed Gamal El-Din James L.Stafford Department of Biological Sciences University of AlbertaAlberta T6G 2E9Canada Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of AlbertaAlberta T6G 2E9Canada

In this study,we provide evidence that oil sands process-affected waters(OSPW)contain factors that activate the antimicrobial and proinflammatory responses of immune cells.Specifically,using the murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cell line,we establish the bioactivity of two different OSPW samples and their isolated fractions.Here,we directly compared the bioactivity of two pilot scale demonstration pit lake(DPL)water samples,which included expressed water from treated tailings(termed the before water capping sample;BWC)as well as an after water capping(AWC)sample consisting of a mixture of expressed water,precipitation,upland runoff,coagulated OSPW and added freshwater.Significant inflammatory(i.***.macrophage activating)bioactivity was associated with the AWC sample and its organic fraction(OF),whereas the BWC sample had reduced bioactivity that was primarily associated with its inorganic fraction(IF).Overall,these results indicate that at non-toxic exposure doses,the RAW 264.7 cell line serves as an acute,sensitive and reliable biosensor for the screening of inflammatory constituents within and among discrete OSPW samples.

关键词： OSPW Oil sands Tailings ponds Remediation Macrophages Bioactivity bioindicator Immunoecotoxicology

Shifts in the bacterial community caused by combined pollutant loads in the North Canal River, China

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Journal of Environmental Sciences 2023年第5期127卷 541-551页

作者： Shengguang Yuan Wenqiang Zhang Wenye Li Zhenhan Li Minshan Wu Baoqing Shan State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry Research Centre for Eco-Environmental SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesBeijing 100085China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049China Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083China Hebei University of Engineering Handan 056038China

A typical anthropogenically disturbed urban river polluted by a combination of conventional pollutants(nitrogen and phosphorus pollution)and heavy metals was investigated along a 238 km stretch.Changes in the bacterial community were evaluated using high-throughput sequencing,and the relationships between bacteria,heavy metals,and conventional pollutants were investigated.There was large spatial heterogeneity in the bacterial community along the river,and bacterial diversity in the upstream and midstream sections was much higher than in the downstream section.Heavy metals and conventional pollutants both exhibited close correlations with bacterial diversity and composition.For instance,potential fecal indicator bacteria,sewage indicator bacteria and pathogenic bacteria,such as Ruminococcus and Pseudomonas,were closely associated with Cu,Zn,and NH_(4)^(+)-N.Rather than conventional pollutants,heavy metals were the main driving factors of the microbial community characteristics.These results confirm that bacterial communities play a crucial role in biogeochemical cycles.Therefore,heavymetals could be used as biomarkers of complex pollution to indicate the pollution status of riverine ecosystems and contribute to the restoration of habitats in anthropogenically disturbed urban rivers.

关键词： Bacterial community Heavy metal Nitrogen pollution bioindicator

Responses of terrestrial bryophytes to simulated climate change in a secondary evergreen broad-leaved forest in southern China

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Journal of Forestry Research 2022年第5期33卷 1481-1492页

作者： Jiewei Hao L.M.Chu School of Life Sciences The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong SARChina 2 College of Ecology and Environment Hainan University58 Renmin RoadHaikou 570228China

Tropical regions are biodiversity hotspots and are well-suited to explore the potential influence of global climate change on forest ecosystems. Bryophytes have essential ecological functions in tropical forest ecosystems, but knowledge of the potential impact of global warming and possible changes in water availability patterns on terrestrial bryophytes is limited. We transplanted eight terres- trial moss species from two elevations (900 and 500 m) to warmer and drier elevations (500 and 100 m) during a halfyear observation period on Tai Mo Shan, southern China. The simulated climate change resulted in severely declined health status and marked decrease in growth of the trans- planted species when compared with their performance at the original elevations. Five of the eight selected species survived for six months after being transplanted to the warmer and drier lowlands, though their health status deteriorated severely. Sematophyllum subhumile , Pseudotaxiphyllum pohliaecarpum and Brachythecium buchananii were highly susceptible to changes in temperature and rainfall patterns and might be used as suitable bioindicators. As the tropics are expected to become hotter and drier, terrestrial mosses might be negatively affected or even be at risk of extinction. Bryophytes in the tropics could represent one of the best biological communities to reflect the direct adverse impact of climate change and provide early warning of the biological outcomes induced by ongoing climate crisis.

关键词： bioindicator Bryophytes Climate change Secondary forest Terrestrial mosses

Local Persistence of Large Benthic Foraminifera(LBF)under Increasing Urban Development:A Case Study from Zanzibar(Unguja),East Africa

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Journal of Earth Science 2022年第6期33卷 1434-1450页

作者： Gita R.Narayan Natalia Herrán Claire E.Reymond Yohanna W.Shaghude Hildegard Westphal Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research(ZMT) BremenGermany Department of Geosciences Bremen UniversityBremenGermany Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research(IOW) 18119RostockGermany School of Earth Sciences China University of GeosciencesWuhan430074China School of Geosciences The University of SydneySydneyNSW2006Australia Institute of Marine Sciences(IMS) The University of Dar es SalaamZanzibarTanzania King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST) ThuwalKingdom of Saudi Arabia

Coastal marine management is vital for socio-ecological sustainability of developing,tropical ecosystems,which calls for diverse tools to monitor and assess water quality.The carbonatedominated habitats off Zanzibar were chosen for study due to potential water quality degradation in a rapidly developing tourist destination heavily reliant on its coral reefs.These reefs are largely unmonitored and subject to local and global stressors.A widely used method for assessing reef health,as an early detection method of ecological changes,is the application of large benthic foraminiferal bioindicators,i.e.,the Fo RAM Index.We expected to find poor water quality conditions in the unmanaged reefs supported by stress-toelerant(opportunistic)foraminiferal assemblages.The dissolved inorganic nitrogen and phosphate values derived from untreated sewage effluent from Stone Town were highly variable(ranging 0.05–3.77 and 0.05–1.45μM,respectively),moderate,and occasionally approached or exceeded critical threshold values for oligotrophic ecosystems.The analysis of total assemblages indicated an abundance of symbiont-bearing large benthic foraminifera,dominated by prolific Amphistegina species,comparatively low-moderate diversity,high FI values(7.6 on average),and high coral cover.A water quality gradient was reflected by subtle assemblage differences,suggesting that LBF can provide early warning signals of benthic changes,indicating the importance of long-term monitoring programs in vulnerable,rapidly developing coastal ecosystems exposed to increasing pressures.

关键词： carbonate coral reef bioindicator Fo RAM Index nutrients sewage effluent Western Indian Ocean coastal development coastal marine management

Soil protists: An untapped microbial resource of agriculture and environmental importance

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Pedosphere 2022年第1期32卷 184-197页

作者： Komal A.CHANDARANA Natarajan AMARESAN C.G.Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology Uka Tarsadia UniversityMaliba CampusBardoliSurat 394350India

Protists are essential components of soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. They play a vital role in the microbial food web as consumers of bacteria, fungi, and other small eukaryotes and are also involved in maintaining soil fertility and plant productivity. Protists also contribute to regulating and shaping the bacterial community in terrestrial ecosystems via specific prey spectra. They play a role in plant growth promotion and plant health improvement,mostly via nutrient cycling, grazing, and the activation of bacterial genes required for plant growth and phytopathogen suppression. Thus, protists may prove to be a useful inoculant as biofertilizer and biocontrol agent. They can also be applied as model organisms as bioindicators of soil health. Despite their usefulness and essentiality, they are often forgotten and under-researched components of the soil microbiome, as most of our research focuses on bacteria and fungi. In this review, we provide an overview of the role of protists in plant productivity and plant health management and in shifts in soil bacterial community composition, as well as their roles as bioindicator. We also discuss the perspectives of knowledge gaps and future prospects to further improve soil biology.More research in soil protistology will provide insights into sustainable agriculture and environmental health alongside the study of bacteria and fungi.

关键词： bacterial community bioindicator microbial food web plant health plant productivity soil biodiversity soil health soil microbiome

Monitoring of Environmental Mercury Exposure Using Hair as bioindicator and the Study of Potential Factors Affecting on It in Karachi

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American Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2014年第2期5卷 83-90页

作者： Nida Ali Shaikh Mohiuddin Talat Mahmood Majid Mumtaz Department of Chemistry Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology (Gulshan Campus) Karachi Pakistan Department of Chemistry University of Karachi Karachi Pakistan

The World Health Organization (WHO), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have recommended the use of hair for worldwide environmental monitoring. Mercury exposure to the inhabitants of Karachi was assessed by using hair as bioindicator. Hair samples of 200 residents of Karachi were collected and analyzed through cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (CVAA) technique for mercury concentration. The effects of age, gender, working status, location, food and smoking habit were investigated. Control region showed a positive correlation between HHg and age of donor while no such correlation was observed for polluted regions. Mercury exposure through cosmetic usage in female was only pronounced in control region. These results indicate that environmental pollution dominates other potential factors. Age and smoking habit were not found to be the influencing factors while an elevated mean level of mercury was noticed for regular fish consumers than rarely fish consumers. 95.33% of the samples contained HHg greater than the permissible level of 2 μg?g?1 set by WHO. An apparently healthy male donor had HHg concentration (28.24 μg?g?1) closer to the high risk concentration of 30 μg?g?1 based on WHO criteria. Whereas, two female donors of the age group of 41-50 years had HHg concentrations (10.82 and 11.84 μg?g?1) higher than the NOAEL (no observed adverse affects level) value (10 μg?g?1) for females which is associated with fetus neurotoxicity. However, no symptoms of mercury toxicity were visible. The results indicate the alarming condition of pollution in the city which should be taken into further consideration.

关键词： Mercury Hair bioindicator Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (CVAA) Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Karachi

Using dung beetles to evaluate the effects of urbanization on Atlantic Forest biodiversity

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Insect Science 2013年第3期20卷 393-406页

作者： Vanesca Korasaki Jose Lopes George Gardner Brown Julio Louzada Departamento de Agronomia Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal Universidade Estadual de Londrina Londrina-PR Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecu~ria Embrapa Florestas Colombo-PR Departamento de Biologia Setor de Ecologia Universidade Federal de Lavras Lavras Minas Gerais Brazil

We used dung beetles to evaluate the impact of urbanization on insect biodi- versity in three Atlantic Forest fragments in Londrina, Parana, Brazil. This study provides the first empirical evidence of the impact of urbanization on richness, abundance, compo- sition and guild structure of dung beetle communities from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We evaluated the community aspects （abundance, richness, composition and food guilds） of dung beetles in fragments with different degrees of immersion in the urban matrix using pitfall traps with four alternative baits （rotten meat, rotten fish, pig dung and decaying ba- nana）. A total of 1 719 individuals were collected, belonging to 29 species from 11 genera and six Scarabaeinae tribes. The most urban-immersed fragment showed a higher species dominance and the beetle community captured on dung presented the greatest evenness. The beetle communities were distinct with respect to the fragments and feeding habits. Except for the dung beetle assemblage in the most urbanized forest fragment, all others exhibited contrasting differences in species composition attracted to each bait type. Our results clearly show that the degree of urbanization affects Atlantic Forest dung beetle communities and that the preservation of forest fragments inside the cities, even small ones, can provide refuges for Scarabaeinae.

关键词： bioindicator coprophagous beetles food preference fragmentation habitat loss urban matrix