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Measurement and Modeling of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Bioaccumulation from Sediment for the Marine Polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata and Response to Sorbent Amendment
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posted on 2010-04-15, 00:00 authored by Elisabeth M.-L. Janssen, Marie-Noële Croteau, Samuel N. Luoma, Richard G. LuthyBioaccumulation rates of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) for the marine polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentata were characterized, including PCB uptake rates from water and sediment, and the effect of sorbent amendment to the sediment on PCB bioavailability, organism growth, and lipid content. Physiological parameters were incorporated into a biodynamic model to predict contaminant uptake. The results indicate rapid PCB uptake from contaminated sediment and significant organism growth dilution during time-series exposure studies. PCB uptake from the aqueous phase accounted for less than 3% of the total uptake for this deposit-feeder. Proportional increase of gut residence time and assimilation efficiency as a consequence of the organism’s growth was assessed by PCB uptake and a reactor theory model of gut architecture. Pulse-chase feeding and multilabeled stable isotope tracing techniques proved high sediment ingestion rates (i.e., 6−10 times of dry body weight per day) indicating that such deposit-feeders are promising biological indicators for sediment risk assessment. Activated carbon amendment reduced PCB uptake by 95% in laboratory experiments with no observed adverse growth effects on the marine polychaete. Biodynamic modeling explained the observed PCB body burdens for N. arenaceodentata, with and without sorbent amendment.
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Polychlorinated Biphenyl Bioaccumulationmarine polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentataPCB uptakePCB uptake ratesSorbent AmendmentBioaccumulation ratessorbent amendmentorganism growth dilutionreactor theory modelsediment risk assessmentMarine Polychaete Neanthes arenaceodentatasediment ingestion ratesActivated carbon amendmentgut residence timePCB body burdens