期刊
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
卷 193, 期 -, 页码 50-59出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.10.003
关键词
Hydraulic fracturing; Toxicity; Swim performance; Zebrafish; Aerobic scope
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [CRDPJ460308-14]
- Encana Services Company Ltd.
- NSERC
Hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water (FPW) is a wastewater produced during fracturing activities in an operating well which is hyper saline and chemically heterogeneous in nature, containing both anthropogenic and petrogenic chemicals. Determination of FPW associated toxicity to embryonic fish is limited, while investigation into how embryonic exposures may affect later life stages is not yet studied. Zebrafish embryos (24 hrs post fertilization) were acutely exposed to 2.5% and 5% FPW fractions for either 24 or 48 hrs and returned to freshwater. After either 24 or 48 h exposures, embryos were examined for expression of 3 hypoxia related genes. Erythropoietin (epoa) but not hypoxia inducible factor (hiflaa) nor hemoglobin -beta chain (hbbe1.1) was up-regulated after either 24 or 48 h FPW exposure. Surviving embryos were placed in freshwater and grown to a juvenile stage (60 days post fertilization). Previously exposed zebrafish were analyzed for both swim performance (U-crit and U-max) and aerobic capacity. Fish exposed to both sediment containing (FPW-S) or sediment free (FPW-SF) FPW displayed significantly reduced aerobic scope and U-crit/U-max values compared to control conditions. Our results collectively suggest that organics present in our FPW sample may be responsible for sub-lethal fitness and metabolic responses. We provide evidence supporting the theory that the cardio-respiratory system is impacted by FPW exposure. This is the first known research associating embryonic FPW exposures to sub-lethal performance related responses in later life fish stages.
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