Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Comparison of metal concentrations in the fore and hindguts of the crayfish Cambarus bartoni and Orconectes virilis and implications regarding metal absorption efficiencies

  • Published:
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Anderson RV, Brower JE (1978) Patterns of trace metal accumulation in crayfish. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 20: 120–127

    Google Scholar 

  • Bagatto G, Alikhan MA (1987a) Cu, Cd and Ni accumulation in crayfish populations near Cu-nickel smelters at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 38: 540–545

    Google Scholar 

  • Bagatto G, Alikhan MA (1987) Zn, Fe and Mn and Mg accumulation in crayfish populations near Cu-nickel smelters at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Bull Environ Contain Toxicol 38: 1076–1081

    Google Scholar 

  • Bendell-Young, LI (1990) Accumulation of metals by invertebrates and fish. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Toronto. 258 p

  • Bendell-Young LI, Harvey HH (1991) Metal concentrations in crayfish tissues in relation to lake pH and metal concentrations in water and sediments. Can J Zool 69: 1076–1082

    Google Scholar 

  • Bryan GW (1968) Concentrations of Zn and Cu in the tissue of decapod crustaceans. J Mar Biol Ass UK 48: 303–132

    Google Scholar 

  • Crocker DW, Barr DW (1968) Handbook of the crayfishes of Ontario. University of Toronto Press, Downsview, Ontario. 155 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Evans ML, (1978) Cu accumulation in the crayfish (Orconectes rusticus). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 24: 916–920

    Google Scholar 

  • Fieber LA, Lutz PA (1985) Magnesium and calcium metabolism during molting in the freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). Can J Zool 63: 1120–1124

    Google Scholar 

  • Geisy JP, Bowling JW, Kania HJ (1980) Cd and Zn accumulation and elimination by freshwater crayfish. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 9: 683–697

    Google Scholar 

  • Greenaway P (1974) Total body Ca and hemolymph Ca concentrations in the crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet). J Exp Bio 61: 19–26

    Google Scholar 

  • Havas M, Jawarski, JF (1986) Aluminum in the Canadian environment. NRCC No. 24759

  • Holdich DM, Lowery RS, (1988) (eds). Freshwater crayfish: biology, management and exploitation. The University press, Cambridge. 479 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Mirenda RJ (1986a) Toxicity and accumulation of Cd in the crayfish, Orconectes virilis (Hagen). Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 15: 401–407

    Google Scholar 

  • Mirenda RJ (1986b) Acute toxicity and accumulation of Zn in crayfish Orconectes virilis (Hagen). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 37: 387–394

    Google Scholar 

  • Naqvi S, Howell RD (1993). Cd and Pb uptake by red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) of Louisiana. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 51: 296–302

    Google Scholar 

  • Nriagu JO (1988) A silent epidemic of environmental metal poisoning? Environ Pollut 50: 139–161

    Google Scholar 

  • Rainbow PS (1988) The significance of trace metal concentrations in decapods. Symp Zool Soc Lond 59: 291–313

    Google Scholar 

  • SAS Institute Inc. SAS/STAT User's guide, Release 6.03 Edition. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc. 1988. 1028 p

    Google Scholar 

  • Stinson M, Eaton DL (1983) Concentrations of Pb, Cd, Hg and Cu in crayfish obtained from a lake receiving urban runoff. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 12: 693–700

    Google Scholar 

  • Wong HK, Nriagu JO, Coker RD (1984) Atmospheric input of heavy metals chronicled in lake sediments of the Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Chem Geol 44: 187–201

    Google Scholar 

  • Zia S, Alikhan MA (1989) Cu uptake and regulation in a Cu-tolerant decapod Cambarus bartoni (Fabricus) (Decapoda, Crustacea). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 42: 103–110

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, V5A 1S6, Burnaby, British Columbia

    L. I. Bendell-Young

Authors
  1. L. I. Bendell-Young
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Bendell-Young, L.I. Comparison of metal concentrations in the fore and hindguts of the crayfish Cambarus bartoni and Orconectes virilis and implications regarding metal absorption efficiencies. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53, 844–851 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196213

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00196213

Keywords

Search

Navigation