Evaluations of bioavailable copper in amended wetland sediments
- Univ. of Mississippi, University, MS (United States)
Copper sulfate was added to the water column of six of twelve wetland mesocosms. In successive 10d experiments using invertebrates Hyalella azteca and Chironomus tentans, sediment toxicity and copper bioavailability were examined in sediments collected monthly from wetlands amended with copper sulfate, untreated wetlands, and control sediments. Evaluations included examinations of temporal changes in toxicity, bioavailability of aqueous and sediment associated copper, and comparison of organism responses to copper. In some cases copper remained acutely toxic over the 6 month study period, however, total copper concentrations in sediment had no relation to bioavailable copper. The relationship of copper speciation to bioavailability was discerned by measuring total copper (AA), labile copper (ASV) and copper ion activity (ISE) during these sediment toxicity experiments.
- OSTI ID:
- 37402
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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