Modeling silver binding to gills of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Waterloo, Ontario (Canada). Dept. of Biology
Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss, 1--3 g) were exposed to {approximately} 1.0 {micro}M silver (Ag) ({approximately} 11 {micro}g {center_dot} L{sup {minus}1} Ag) for 2 to 3 h in synthetic soft water (Ca, Na {approximately} 300 {micro}M, pH 6.5--7.5) to which was added Ca, Na, H{sup +}, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), Cl, or thiosulfate (S{sub 2}O{sub 3}). Gills were extracted and gill Ag concentrations were measured using graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The concentration of cations (Ca, Na, H{sup +}) and complexing agents (DOC, Cl, S{sub 2}O{sub 3}) needed to keep Ag off the gills were used to calculate conditional equilibrium binding constants (K) at the gills. Log K for Ag-gill binding was 10.0, with approximately 1.3 nmol Ag binding sites per fish. All experimentally determined log K values were entered into an aquatic chemistry equilibrium model, MINEQL{sup +}, to predict Ag binding at trout gills. For a series of natural waters, model-predicted gill Ag concentrations correlated well with observed gill Ag concentrations, with one exception, very hard city of Waterloo tapwater. This exception may indicate a kinetic constraint on the thermodynamic basis of the model.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 136742
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal Name: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 14; ISSN 0730-7268; ISSN ETOCDK
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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