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Assessment of Bioconcentration Factor of Chromium by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis in Argyrodiaptomus falcifer Daday, a Subtropical Freshwater Copepod

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The objectives of this study were to determine the capacity of the freshwater calanoid copepod Argyrodiaptomus falcifer (Daday, 1905) to accumulate Cr from water, to know the bioconcentration factors in order to evaluate its potential as a biomonitor, and to compare this with data previously obtained with Daphnia magna Straus under identical conditions. By static bioassays using triplicates and a control, a pool of A. falcifer was exposed to three concentrations of Cr (VI): 150 μg/L (T1), 280 μg/L (T2), and 350 μg/L (T3) for 48 h to later determine by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis the amount of Cr accumulated. A. falcifer accumulated Cr in all the three concentrations tested. The comparison of T1, T2, and T3 and the control showed significant differences (p < 0.05) but not between the treatments (p > 0.05). On the other hand, A. falcifer accumulated more Cr than D. magna, but these differences were not significant (p > 0.05). Almost no information is available about metal toxicity in freshwater copepods so the reported results are of high importance in order to detect good biomonitors of freshwater Cr-polluted environments.

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This research was supported by the Universidad Nacional del Litoral (Santa Fe, Argentina). Project CAI+D 2006 N° 21/122. We thank specially Horacio Troiani and María Arribere for helpful work on Cr bioaccumulation in cladocerans.

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  1. Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, (3000), Santa Fe, Argentina

    Ana María Gagneten & Luciana Regaldo

  2. Técnicas Analíticas Nucleares-CAE, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Av. del Libertador 8250, 1429, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Rita R. Plá

  3. Instituto Nacional de Limnología, CONICET-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina

    Juan César Paggi

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Gagneten, A.M., Plá, R.R., Regaldo, L. et al. Assessment of Bioconcentration Factor of Chromium by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis in Argyrodiaptomus falcifer Daday, a Subtropical Freshwater Copepod. Water Air Soil Pollut 204, 133–138 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0032-x

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