Impact of sediment manipulation on the bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from field-contaminated and laboratory-dosed sediments by an oligochaete.
The accumulation kinetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by the freshwater oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus were measured for field-contaminated and laboratory-dosed sediment. In addition, sediment manipulations typically used for homogenization and dosing in bioaccumulation assays were compared. Rather than an asymptotic approach to steady state, both resident and dosed PAH accumulation exhibited a peak during the 14-d assays, with steeper declines being noted for the lower-molecular-weight compounds. Lack of evidence of a peak for higher-molecular-weight PAHs may be due to slower kinetics and the short length of the assay. Relative to minimally mixed sediment, slurried sediment enhanced the accumulation of less-soluble resident PAHs, did not affect moderately soluble PAHs, and reduced the uptake of the more-soluble PAHs, fluorene and phenanthrene. Aging sediment after mixing reduced the availability of highly to moderately soluble resident PAHs but had no effect on less-soluble PAHs. A similar effect was noted for dosed PAHs, though a larger reduction in bioavailability was observed. Dosed PAH uptake clearance coefficients (ks) exceeded those of minimally mixed resident PAHs by factors of 3 to 4 for pyrene and 26 for benzo[a]pyrene. These results demonstrate that sediment manipulations and contamination history need to be considered when measuring PAH bioaccumulation.
Van Hoof
P L
PL
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
Kukkonen
J V
JV
Landrum
P F
PF
D000818:Animals; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000502:physiology*; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012995:Solubility; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D012989:Soil Pollutants