Effects of the pharmaceutical fluoxetine in spiked-sediments on feeding activity and growth of the polychaete Capitella teleta |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Aquacultural Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-amamiyamachi, Sendai 981-8555, Japan;2. School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX, UK;3. Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, 5-10-1 Shimoda, Shizuoka 415-0025, Japan;1. Key Laboratory of Aquaculture and Ecology of Coastal Pool of Jiangsu Province, Department of Ocean Technology, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, Jiangsu 224003, China;2. College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China;1. National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao 266071, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;1. Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Guangdong Province, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China;2. Mariculture Research Center for Subtropical Shellfish & Algae, Guangdong Province, Shantou 515063, China |
| |
| Abstract: | The marine–estuarine polychaete Capitella is an indicator of organic pollution and plays important roles in sewage waste cycling. The antidepressant fluoxetine can be accumulated in streams and sewage effluents and it could pose a hazard to infauna. Effects of fluoxetine on feeding and growth of Capitella teleta were investigated through the exposure to 0, 0.001, 0.03, 0.3 and 3.3 μg/g dry weight sediment-spiked fluoxetine during 18 days. No effects of fluoxetine concentrations were observed on egestion rates, body weight and size-specific egestion rates. Fluoxetine favoured the occurrence of males with abnormal genital spines. This suggests that fluoxetine can have important reproductive implications. Further studies are recommended to assess potential detrimental effects on benthic infauna inhabiting close to sewage treatment plants. |
| |
| Keywords: | Pharmaceuticals Prozac Abnormalities Bioassays Polychaetes Deposit feeder Sediment processing Growth |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
