Differences in dissolved cadmium and zinc uptake among stream insects: Mechanistic explanations
Environmental Science & Technology
By: D.B. Buchwalter and S. N. Luoma
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Abstract
This study examined the extent to which dissolved Cd and Zn uptake rates vary in several aquatic insect taxa commonly used as indicators of ecological health. We further attempted to explain the mechanisms underlying observed differences. By comparing dissolved Cd and Zn uptake rates in several aquatic insect species, we demonstrated that species vary widely in these processes. Dissolved uptake rates were not related to gross morphological features such as body size or gill size-features that influence water permeability and therefore have ionoregulatory importance. However, finer morphological features, specifically, the relative numbers of ionoregulatory cells (chloride cells), appeared to be related to dissolved metal uptake rates. This observation was supported by Michaelis-Menten type kinetics experiments, which showed that dissolved Cd uptake rates were driven by the numbers of Cd transporters and not by the affinities of those transporters to Cd. Calcium concentrations in exposure media similarly affected Cd and Zn uptake rates in the caddisfly Hydropsyche californica. Dissolved Cd and Zn uptake rates strongly co-varied among species, suggesting that these metals are transported by similar mechanisms.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Differences in dissolved cadmium and zinc uptake among stream insects: Mechanistic explanations |
| Series title | Environmental Science & Technology |
| DOI | 10.1021/es0404421 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ACS |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 7 p. |
| First page | 498 |
| Last page | 504 |
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