| Predicted mixture toxic pressure relates to observed fraction of benthic macrofauna species impacted by contaminant mixtures. | |
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PMID: 22729941 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) quantify fractions of species potentially affected in contaminated environmental compartments using test species sensitivity data. The present study quantitatively describes associations between predicted and observed ecological impacts of contaminant mixtures, based on monitoring data of benthic macroinvertebrates. Local mixture toxic pressures (multi-substance potentially affected fraction of species [msPAF]) were quantified based on measured concentrations of 45 compounds (eight metals, 16 chlorinated organics, mineral oil, 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, four polychlorinated biphenyls), using acute as well as chronic effective concentration, 50% (EC50)-based SSD-modeling combined with bioavailability and mixture modeling. Acute and chronic toxic pressures were closely related. Generalized linear models (GLMs) were derived to describe taxon abundances as functions of environmental variables (including acute toxic pressure). Acute toxic pressure ranged from 0 to 42% and was related to abundance for 74% of the taxa. Habitat-abundance curves were generated using the GLMs and Monte Carlo simulation. Predicted abundances for the taxa were associated with acute mixture toxic pressure in various ways: negative, positive, and optimum abundance changes occurred. Acute toxic pressure (msPAF) was associated almost 1:1 with the observed fraction of taxa exhibiting an abundance reduction of 50% or more. The findings imply that mixture toxic pressure increases associate with ecological impact increases in the field. This finding is important, given the societal relevance of SSD model outputs in environmental policies. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. © 2012 SETAC. |
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Leo Posthuma; Dick de Zwart |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-6-22 |
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Title: Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC Volume: - ISSN: 1552-8618 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jun |
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Created Date: 2012-6-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8308958 Medline TA: Environ Toxicol Chem Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 SETAC. |
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Rijks Instituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment), Bilthoven, The Netherlands. leo.posthuma@rivm.nl. |
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