Subcellular fractionation of Cu exposed oysters,Crassostrea virginica,and Cu accumulation from a biologically incorporated Cu rich oyster diet in Fundulus heteroclitus in fresh and sea water |
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Authors: | Jonathan Blanchard Kevin Brix Martin Grosell |
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Institution: | 1. Biology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA;2. Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;3. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA;4. Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
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Abstract: | In order to examine the effect of salinity on Cu accumulation from a naturally incorporated diet, oysters (Crassostrea virginica) were exposed in sea water for 96 days to four waterborne Cu]: 2.9 ± 0.7 (control), 4.3 ± 0.6, 5.4 ± 0.5, and 10.7 ± 1.0 µg L? 1. After 96 days, the control whole body Cu] increased from 2.1 ± 0.5 to 9.1 ± 1.1 µg g? 1 w.w. and the highest Cu] was 163.4 ± 27.1 µg g? 1 w.w. in the oysters. Despite large differences in tissue Cu], there was no effect on the fraction of trophically available metal in the oyster suggesting that trophic transfer will correlate well with tissue Cu]. The control and highest Cu] oysters became diet for killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) in fresh and seawater for 40 days. The two diets contained 84.7 ± 5.1 and 850.5 ± 8.8 µg Cu g? 1 d.w. Fish were fed a combined diet of oyster and a pellet supplement (20.5 ± 1.0 µg Cu g? 1 d.w.) both at 5% body mass day? 1. In killifish, Cu increased ~ 7% in gills and 100% in intestines after 6 weeks of exposure to the high Cu diet. No other tissues accumulated Cu above control levels. An 11-fold difference free Cu2+ concentrations was predicted in intestinal fluid between fresh and sea water, but there was no corresponding effect of salinity on intestinal Cu accumulation suggesting that Cu is not accumulated as the free ion. |
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