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ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 2, Pages 173-186Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9022-4
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cadmium toxicity; bioaccumulation; biofilms; diatom densities
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A microcosm study was undertaken to examine the effects of dissolved cadmium at various concentrations (0, 10, and 100 mu g . L-1) on biofilm accumulation and diatom assemblages. A natural biofilm sampled from the Riou-Mort River (Southwest France) was inoculated into three experimental systems, where biofilm settled on glass slides. Samples collected after 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks of colonization were analyzed for metal accumulation (total metal content and intracellular metal content in the biofilm), biomass (as measured through dry weight and ash-free dry matter), and quantitative as well as qualitative analysis of diatom assemblages. There was a positive correlation between cadmium accumulation and dissolved cadmium concentrations and duration of exposure: a linear relationship was found between concentration factors (CFs) of growing biofilms and time (CFs/day = 0.25 and 0.38 under contaminations of 10 and 100 mu gCd . L-1, respectively). Biofilm settlement, more than photosynthetic activity, was affected by high cadmium concentrations: we observed for all stages of settlement a drastic and significant (p < 0.05) reduction in biofilm biomass and in diatom densities in the highest cadmium contamination, compared to control and low cadmium concentration units.
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