Specificity of acquired cadmium tolerance in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5217203

The processes of regeneration and molting in crustacea have been shown to be affected adversely by the presence of various contaminants in the water. A retardation of regeneration and ecdysis has been demonstrated in Uca by exposure to Cd and methylmercury (meHg). Pre-exposure to 0.5 mg/L Cd for one week enabled male (but not female) U. pugilator to become more resistant to the effects of 1.0 mg/L Cd during regeneration. In the current study, the authors wished to lear whether this same pre-exposure to Cd would enable the crabs to become more resistant to HgCl/sub 2/ or to meHg.

• Research Organization: Rutgers-The State of New Jersey, Newark
• OSTI ID: 5217203
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 37:3
• 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.
CADMIUM CHLORIDES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
MERCURY CHLORIDES
SENSITIVITY
METHYLMERCURY
BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
BIOLOGICAL REGENERATION
CRABS
MOLTING
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARTHROPODS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM HALIDES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CRUSTACEANS
DECAPODS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INVERTEBRATES
MERCURY COMPOUNDS
MERCURY HALIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC MERCURY COMPOUNDS
RECOVERY
560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)