ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF AQUATIC SEDIMENTS WITH CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS (NEMATODA) - A METHOD FOR TESTING LIQUID-MEDIUM AND WHOLE-SEDIMENT SAMPLES

Authors
TRAUNSPURGER W HAITZER M HOSS S BEIER S AHLF W STEINBERG C
Citation
W. Traunspurger et al., ECOTOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF AQUATIC SEDIMENTS WITH CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS (NEMATODA) - A METHOD FOR TESTING LIQUID-MEDIUM AND WHOLE-SEDIMENT SAMPLES, Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 16(2), 1997, pp. 245-250
Citations number
57
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology,"Environmental Sciences",Chemistry
Journal title
Environmental toxicology and chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
07307268
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
245 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0730-7268(1997)16:2<245:EAOASW>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We present a method using the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis eleg ans (Maupas, 1899) to assess toxicity in liquid medium and whole-sedim ent setups. Test duration is 72 h; endpoints are body length, number o f eggs inside worms, percentage of gravid worms, and number of offspri ng per worm. The effect of CdCl2 on C. elegans in liquid-phase exposur es is described as an example. Results from a field study with pollute d sediments from the River Elbe (Germany) suggest that nematodes may b e useful organisms in assessing toxicity of sediments in the whole pha se.