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Effects of heavy metals in river waters in Japan on immobility and mortality of Daphnia magna and Oryzias latipes larvae

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Samples of river waters containing high concentrations of zinc and other heavy metals but low concentrations of other anthropogenic contaminants were collected to investigate the relationship between toxicity of heavy metals and naturally present organic matters or hardness, as well as the effects of heavy metals on aquatic organisms. Acute toxicity tests were conducted for the water samples using Daphnia magna and medaka Oryzias latipes. Almost all the D. magna died in river waters containing high concentrations of zinc, but O. latipes in the same waters were hardly affected. Since the test organisms were not only exposed to zinc but also other heavy metals in the river waters, we examined the toxicity using toxic units composed of zinc, copper, lead, and cadmium. The results of a bioassay with the river waters showed that the mortality of D. magna did not depend solely on the total number of toxic units of heavy metals. The organic matters and the hardness of the river waters could decrease the acute toxicity of zinc and other heavy metals to D. magna.

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    Hirotatsu Murano

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    Kanae Matsuzaki & Hiroaki Shiraishi

  3. College of Cross-Culture Communication and Business, Shukutoku University, 354-8510, Iruma, Saitama, Japan

    Meiko Wakabayashi

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Murano, H., Matsuzaki, K., Shiraishi, H. et al. Effects of heavy metals in river waters in Japan on immobility and mortality of Daphnia magna and Oryzias latipes larvae. Fish Sci 73, 1078–1086 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01439.x

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