Experimental studies on the bioaccumulation and bioavailability of colloidally-bound trace metals to penaeid shrimp /

(abdomen, carapace, and hepatopancreas). For example,

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carvalho, Roberta Anne
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Summary:(abdomen, carapace, and hepatopancreas). For example,
abdomen in both treatments for all metals tested. Depuration
and Zn. Conversely, free-ionic trace metals tended to
Co, Hg, and Mn in juvenile penaeid shrimp. The duration of
colloid-ion complexes and the chemical characteristics of
colloidally-bound trace metals generally had higher
concentration factors compared to free-ionic metals in the
demonstrated that colloidally-complexed forms of trace metals
dissolved phase (free-ionic) forms of Ag, Cd, Ba, Fe, Sn, Zn,
exhibit higher concentration factors compared to colloidal
experiment lasted 7 days. The experiments clearly
extents of uptake were not observed in these experiments.
factors for metals in whole shrimp were generally higher for
free-ionic forms compared to colloidal forms. However,
hepatopancreas after 14 days of uptake, except for Ag, Ba,
hepatopancreas far exceeded loadings within the carapace or
in the abdomen, and Co in the carapace. Concentration
influence bio-uptake across bi-lipid membranes. Penaeid
introduced as colloidally-bound species. Accumulation of
linked to the intake of water for respiration at the site of
mechanisms mediated by specific carriers.
metals from treatment solution into the internal tissues is
metals in the abdomen and carapace, with the exceptions of Mn
of accumulation, and deputation of colloidally-complexed and
of metals from whole body and tissues was noted for both
of uptake and deputation in the colloidal and free-ionic
Radiotracers were used to compare the bioaccumulation, sites
relative hydrophobicity of the colloid-ion complex could
Results indicate that mass specific accumulation within the
sediments), and their broad geographical distributions.
shrimp are useful bioindicators because of their close
species showing greater retention in shrimp than metals
statistically significant differences in overall rates and
the gills. Metals are then internalized by active transport
the uptake experiment was 14 days, and the deputation
these complexes may alter their bioavailability. The
Trace metals in estuarine systems frequently exist as
treatment regimes, with metals introduced as free-ionic
treatments were noted for whole body and individual tissues
trophic linkage to trace metal sinks (detritus, benthos, and
were bioavailable to shrimp. Differences in rates and extent
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Vita.
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