Journal
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 89, Issue -, Pages 76-82Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.05.004
Keywords
Pharmaceuticals; Prozac; Abnormalities; Bioassays; Capitella; polychaetes; Deposit feeder; Sediment processing; Growth
Funding
- Direccion General de Apoyo al Personal Academic, UNAM, Mexico
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The marine-estuarine polychaete Capitella is an indicator of organic pollution and plays important roles in sewage waste cycling. The antidepressant fluoxetine can be accumulated in streams and sewage effluents and it could pose a hazard to infauna. Effects of fluoxetine on feeding and growth of Capitella teleta were investigated through the exposure to 0, 0.001, 0.03, 0.3 and 33 mu g/g dry weight sediment-spiked fluoxetine during 18 days. No effects of fluoxetine concentrations were observed on egestion rates, body weight and size-specific egestion rates. Fluoxetine favoured the occurrence of males with abnormal genital spines. This suggests that fluoxetine can have important reproductive implications. Further studies are recommended to assess potential detrimental effects on benthic infauna inhabiting close to sewage treatment plants. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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