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Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Survival, Growth, and Offspring Production of the Mysid Crustacean, Neomysis awatschensis

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Objective

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are recognized as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and environmental contaminants with their persistency, bioaccumulation potential, and toxicity to organisms. Our study was aimed to measure the sublethal effects of PCBs on the survival and growth rates in a marine mysid.

Methods

Survival of juvenile and adult marine mysids was measured upon different concentrations of PCBs (i.e. 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, and 1 ppb) for 4 weeks. The numbers of offspring per survived individual female and their survival rate were measured. Effect of waterborne PCBs on growth was determined by measuring the total length, antennal scale, and three parameters of uropod such as exopod, endopod, and telson.

Results

The results showed that 0.5 and 1 ppb of PCBs induced over 50% mortality in the juvenile and adult marine mysids, respectively. Of survived mysids, the number of newly hatched juvenile was significantly decreased from females exposed to 0.1 and 0.5 ppb. The survival of newborn juveniles was also significantly decreased from females exposed to 0.05, 0.1, and 0.5 ppb of PCBs. Growth parameters such as total body length, lengths of antennal scale, exopod, endopod, and telson were significantly affected in the 0.05, 0.1 and 0.5 ppb of PCBs-exposed groups during 4 weeks exposure.

Conclusion

Our results indicate the toxic effects of waterborne PCBs on the survival and growth of juvenile and adult marine mysids with highlighting persistent effects of PCBs on second generations.

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  1. Department of Marine Science, College of Natural Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea

    Manoharan Saravanan, Do-Hee Lee & Jae-Sung Rhee

  2. Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea

    Manoharan Saravanan & Jae-Sung Rhee

  3. Institute of Green Environmental Research Center, 169, Gaetbeol-ro, Yeonsugu, Incheon, 21999, Republic of Korea

    Jae-Sung Rhee

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Saravanan, M., Lee, DH. & Rhee, JS. Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Survival, Growth, and Offspring Production of the Mysid Crustacean, Neomysis awatschensis. Toxicol. Environ. Health Sci. 10, 132–138 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13530-018-0356-2

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