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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 220, Issue -, Pages 1014-1023Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.044
Keywords
Multigenerational; Tolerance; Population size distribution; Skewness; Kurtosis
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- CESAM [UID/AMB/50017]
- FEDER
- FCT/MEC through national funds
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This study assessed and monitored 40 consecutive reproduction tests - multigenerational (MG) - of continuous exposure to Cd (at 2 reproduction Effect Concentrations (EC): EC10 and EC50) using the standard soil invertebrate Folsomia candida, in total 3.5 years of data were collected. Endpoints included survival, reproduction, size and metallothionein (MTc) gene expression. Further, to investigate adaptation to the toxicant, additional standard toxicity experiments were performed with the MG organisms of F-6, F-10, F-26, F-34 and F-40 generations of exposure. Exposure to Cd EC10 caused population extinction after one year, whereas populations survived exposure to Cd EC50. Cd induced the up -regulation of the MTc gene, this being higher for the higher Cd concentration, which may have promoted the increased tolerance at the EC50. Moreover, EC10 induced a shift towards organisms of smaller size (positive skew), whereas EC50 induced a shift towards larger size (negative skew). Size distribution shifts could be an effect predictor. Sensitivity increased up to F-10, but this was reverted to values similar to F-0 in the next generations. The maximum Cd tolerance limits of F. candida increased for Cd EC50 MG. The consequences for risk assessment are discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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