Kyh. Lagerspetz et al., LOW-SENSITIVITY OF CILIARY ACTIVITY IN THE GILLS OF ANODONTA-CYGNEA TO SOME ECOTOXICALS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C. Comparative pharmacologyand toxicology, 105(3), 1993, pp. 393-395
1. The effects of some ecotoxical model substances on the activity of
frontal gill cilia of freshwater mussel Anodonta cygnea were studied i
n 1 and 24 hr experiments with the particle transport method. The effe
cts were compared with the results of standard Daphnia magna EC50 test
s with the same substances. 2. Variations of pH between 4.8 and 8.1 af
fected the ciliary activity by less than 30%. 3. Ciliary activity was
less sensitive to heavy metal salts, sodium lauryl sulphate and to two
pulp industry waste model substances than D. magna. 4. Compared to D.
magna, the ciliary activity was more sensitive to formalin and 2,4-di
nitrophenol, and as sensitive to ethanol. 5. Ciliary activity in bival
ve gills is a well regulated and/or a relative insensitive function, b
ut it may be used as a rapid screening test for some cell ecotoxicals.