Uptake of trace metals by the clam Macoma inquinata from clean and oil-contaminated detritus

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01985535· OSTI ID:6772867

Crecelius, E A; Augenfeld, J M; Woodruff, D L; Anderson, J W

In recent years there has been increasing concern about the entry of petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) into the marine environment and the effects of such entry on the composition and functioning of the marine ecosystem. Few reports have been published on the possible effect of oil on the uptake of metals from water or sediments by animals. The possibility of such effects is indicated by the work of Fletcher et al. (1979), who showed that crude oil causes a reduction in blood plasma copper concentrations in fish, and Payne et al. (1978) who reported that petroleum affected chloride regulation in fish. Luoma and Jenne (1977) have shown that the availability of sediment-bound metals to a deposit-feeding clam depended on the metal-sediment associated and sediment-to-water desorption rate. We exposed a detritivorous clam, Macoma inquinata, to clean and oil-contaminated detritus to determine the effects of the oil on metal accumulation. To measure the uptake of metals, clams were exposed to neutron activated detritus and the uptake of several isotopes (/sup 51/Cr, /sup 60/Co, /sup 152/Eu, /sup 59/Fe, /sup 46/Sc, and /sup 65/Zn) measured in the clams.

• Research Organization: Marine Research Lab., Sequim, WA
• OSTI ID: 6772867
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 25:3; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHROMIUM 51
CHROMIUM ISOTOPES
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DETRITUS
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EUROPIUM 152
EUROPIUM ISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IRON 52
IRON ISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
METALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MOLASSES
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PETROLEUM
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
SCANDIUM 46
SCANDIUM ISOTOPES
SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
SEDIMENTS
TRACE AMOUNTS
UPTAKE
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZINC 65
ZINC ISOTOPES