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Title: Factors influencing cadmium accumulation and its toxicity to marine organisms

Abstract

Numerous experiments that investigated the factors affecting cadmium accumulation and cadmium toxicity in marine organisms are discussed. Laboratory tests demonstrated that the toxicity of cadmium to estuarine shrimp and larval fish is related to salinity. As the chloride concentration in water increases, the concentration of free cadmium ions decreases. Experiments that measured cadmium uptake by shrimp showed that the accumulation of cadmium and the chloride concentration are inversely related. Investigations have been undertaken to determine the physiological effects of cadmium on the respiration rate of excised oyster gill tissue. An experiment that determined the capacity of marine organisms to detoxify accumulated cadmium is described. (9 graphs, 34 references, 1 table)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
US Natl Marine Fisheries Service, NC; EPA Env Sciences Research Lab, NC
OSTI Identifier:
5518366
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Environ. Health Perspect.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION; TOXICITY; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; UPTAKE; 560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Engel, D W, and Fowler, B A. Factors influencing cadmium accumulation and its toxicity to marine organisms. United States: N. p., 1979. Web. doi:10.1289/ehp.792881.
Engel, D W, & Fowler, B A. Factors influencing cadmium accumulation and its toxicity to marine organisms. United States. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.792881
Engel, D W, and Fowler, B A. 1979. "Factors influencing cadmium accumulation and its toxicity to marine organisms". United States. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.792881.
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title = {Factors influencing cadmium accumulation and its toxicity to marine organisms},
author = {Engel, D W and Fowler, B A},
abstractNote = {Numerous experiments that investigated the factors affecting cadmium accumulation and cadmium toxicity in marine organisms are discussed. Laboratory tests demonstrated that the toxicity of cadmium to estuarine shrimp and larval fish is related to salinity. As the chloride concentration in water increases, the concentration of free cadmium ions decreases. Experiments that measured cadmium uptake by shrimp showed that the accumulation of cadmium and the chloride concentration are inversely related. Investigations have been undertaken to determine the physiological effects of cadmium on the respiration rate of excised oyster gill tissue. An experiment that determined the capacity of marine organisms to detoxify accumulated cadmium is described. (9 graphs, 34 references, 1 table)},
doi = {10.1289/ehp.792881},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5518366}, journal = {Environ. Health Perspect.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
month = {Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979}
}