Investigating the Ecotoxicity of Select Emerging Organic Contaminants Toward the Marine Copepod Gladioferens pectinatus

Andrew Barrick; Olivier Champeau; Juliette Butler; Tanja Wiles; Mike Boundy; Louis A Tremblay

doi:10.1002/etc.5275

Investigating the Ecotoxicity of Select Emerging Organic Contaminants Toward the Marine Copepod Gladioferens pectinatus

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2022 Mar;41(3):792-799. doi: 10.1002/etc.5275. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

Authors

Andrew Barrick¹, Olivier Champeau¹, Juliette Butler¹, Tanja Wiles¹, Mike Boundy¹, Louis A Tremblay^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

PMID: 34918376
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5275

Abstract

Estuarine ecosystems are recipients of anthropogenic stressors released from land-based activities. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ecotoxicological hazards of organic contaminants toward the estuarine copepod Gladioferens pectinatus using acute and chronic testing. Most chemicals demonstrated acute toxicity and influenced development of the copepods. Further research should be conducted to investigate these chemicals and their mixtures using long-term, multigenerational testing to characterize mechanisms of toxicity. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;41:792-799. © 2022 SETAC.

Keywords: Acute toxicity; Benzophenone; Bisphenol A; Chloroxylenol; Chronic toxicity; Diclofenac; Gemfibrozil; Metoprolol; Triclosan.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Copepoda*
Ecosystem
Ecotoxicology
Pectinatus*
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical* / toxicity

Substances

Water Pollutants, Chemical