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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 95, Issue -, Pages 83-90Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.05.020
Keywords
Cadmium; Toxicity; pH; Photobacterium phosphoreum; Daphnia magna; Carassius auratus
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41071319, 20977046]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China [1112021101]
- Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment of China [2012 ZX07506-001]
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This study investigated the effect of pH on cadmium toxicity to three aquatic organisms: Photobacterium phosphoreum, Daphnia magna and Carassius auratus. The acute toxicity of Cd2+ to P. phosphoreum and D. magna at five pH values (5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0) was assessed by calculating EC50 values. We determined that Cd2+ was least toxic under acidic conditions, and D. magna was more sensitive to the toxicity of Cd than P. phosphoreum. To evaluate Cd2+-induced hepatic oxidative stress in C auratus at three pH levels (5.0, 7.25, 9.0), the activity of antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase), the level of glutathione and the malondialdehyde content in the liver were measured. Oxidative damage was observed after 7 d Cd exposure at pH 9.0. An important finding of the current research was that Cd2+ was generally more toxic to the three test organisms in alkaline environments than in acidic environments. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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