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Toxicity of a cyanobacteria bloom in Barra Bonita Reservoir (Middle Tietê River, São Paulo, Brazil)
Ist Teil von
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 2006-06, Vol.64 (2), p.163-170
Ort / Verlag
San Diego, CA: Elsevier Inc
Erscheinungsjahr
2006
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In eutrophic waters during cyanobacterial bloom lysis, a blend of cyanobacterial toxins and other compounds are released into the water, affecting aquatic communities. This research investigated the effect of a simulated cyanobacterial lysis event. For this purpose, intact cells from a natural cyanobacterial bloom from Barra Bonita Reservoir (Tietê River basin, Brazil) were taken, and the cells were broken by repeated freeze/thaw cycles. The toxicity of the crude cyanobacterial extract was investigated using cladocerans (
Daphnia similis and
Ceriodaphnia silvestrii), and the hepatotoxicity of the cyanobacterial lyophilized material was confirmed by mouse bioassay. The results obtained using
D. similis and
C. silvestrii acute bioassays indicated 24-h LC
50 values of 186.61 and 155.11
mg
L
−1, respectively. The 24-h LD
50 determined by intraperitoneal injection into mice was 445.45
mg dry
kg
−1. Microcystin content was 311
μg
g
−1 dry wt freeze-dried cyanobacteria. The acute tests with cladocerans were effective in indicating the toxicity of the crude cyanobacterial extract and in prognostiating the toxic effects of cyanobacterial blooms, at least on some usual components of the aquatic community, such as microcrustaceans.