711
Views
32
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Articles

Arsenic Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Fishes

, , &
Pages 904-923 | Received 03 Aug 2005, Accepted 10 Nov 2005, Published online: 18 Jan 2007

REFERENCES

  • ASTM . 2002 . Standard guide for conducting bioconcentration tests with fishes and saltwater bivalve mollusks , West Conshohocken, PA, , USA : American Society for Testing and Materials . E1022—94 (Reapproved 2002)
  • Azcue , J M and Dixon , D G . 1994 . Effects of past mining activities on the arsenic concentration in fish from Moira Lake, Ontario . J Great Lakes Res , 20 : 717 – 24 . [CSA]
  • Baker , D L and King , K A . 1994 . Environmental contaminant investigation of water quality, sediment and biota of the Upper Gila River Basin, Arizona US Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 Contaminants Program, Project Report
  • Chen , C Y and Folt , C L . 2000 . Bioaccumulation and diminution of arsenic and lead in a freshwater food web . Environ Sci Technol , 34 : 3878 – 84 . [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Chen , C Y , Stemberger , R S Klau , B . 2000 . Accumulation of heavy metals in food web components across a gradient of lakes . Limnol Oceanog , 45 : 1525 – 36 . [CSA]
  • Cooper , C M and Gillespie , W B Jr . 2001 . Arsenic and mercury concentrations in major landscape components of an intensively cultivated watershed . Environmental Pollution , 111 : 67 – 74 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • DeFoe , D L . 1982 . Arsenic (V) Test Results. Memorandum to RL Spehar , Duluth, MN, , USA : US Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory-Duluth . dated July 9, 1982
  • EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute) . 2003 . Critical Evaluation of Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Arsenic , Palo Alto, CA, , USA : Electric Power Research Institute . EPRI document 1009211. Prepared by Integral Consulting, Inc, Mercer Island, WA, USA
  • Gilderhus , P A . 1966 . Some effects of sublethal concentrations of sodium arsenite on bluegills and the aquatic environment . Trans Am Fish Soc , 95 : 289 – 96 . [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Greichus , Y A , Greichus , A Amman , B D . 1977 . Insecticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and metals in African lake ecosystems. I. Hartbeespoort Dam, Transvall and Voelvlei Dam, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa . Arch Environ Contam Toxicol , 6 : 371 – 83 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Handy , R D . 1996 . “ Dietary exposure to toxic metals in fish ” . In Toxicology of Aquatic Pollution: Physiological, Cellular and Molecular Approaches , Edited by: Taylor , E W . 29 – 60 . Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press .
  • Kaise , T , Ogura , M Nozaki , T . 1997 . Biomethylation of arsenic in an arsenic-rich freshwater environment . Appl Organometallic Chem , 11 : 297 – 304 . [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Luoma , S N and Rainbow , P S . 2005 . Why is metal bioaccumulation so variable? Biodynamics as a unifying concept . Environ Sci Technol , 39 : 1921 – 31 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Maher , W , Goessler , W Kirby , J . 1999 . Arsenic concentrations and speciation in the tissues and blood of sea mullet (Mugil cephalus) from Lake Macquarie NSW, Australia . Marine Chem , 68 : 169 – 82 . [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Mason , R P , Laporte , J M and Andres , S . 2000 . Factors controlling the bioaccumulation of mercury, methyl mercury, arsenic, selenium, and cadmium by freshwater invertebrates and fish . Arch Environ Contam Toxicol , 38 : 283 – 97 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • McGeachy , S M and Dixon , D G . 1990 . Effect of temperature on the chronic toxicity of arsenic to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) . Can J Fish Aquat Sci , 47 : 2228 – 34 . [CSA]
  • McGeer , J C , Brix , K V Skeaff , J M . 2003 . Inverse relationship between bioconcentration factor and exposure concentration for metals: Implications for hazard assessment of metals in the aquatic environment . Environ Toxicol Chem , 22 : 1017 – 37 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • NCBM (National Contaminant Biomonitoring) . 2003 . National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program Database , Columbia, MO, , USA : Columbia Environmental Research Center, US Geological Survey . Available at http://www.cerc.cr.usgs.gov/data/ncbp/ncbp.html. Accessed June 2003
  • Pedlar , R M and Klaverkamp , J F . 2002 . Accumulation and distribution of dietary arsenic in lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) . Aquatic Tox , 57 : 153 – 66 . [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Rankin , M G and Dixon , D G . 1994 . Acute and chronic toxicity of waterborne arsenite to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) . Can J Fish Aquat Sci , 51 : 372 – 80 . [CSA]
  • Schmitt , C J and Brumbaugh , W G . 1990 . National Contaminant Biomonitoring Program: Concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc in freshwater fishes of the United States, 1976–1984 . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology , 19 : 731 – 47 . [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Spehar , R L , Fiandt , J T Anderson , R L . 1980 . Comparative toxicity of arsenic compounds and their accumulation in invertebrates and fish . Arch Environ Contam Toxicol , 9 : 53 – 63 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • Suner , M A , Devesa , V Munoz , O . 1999 . Total and inorganic arsenic in the fauna of the Guadalquivir estuary: Environmental and human health implications . Sci Total Environ , 242 : 261 – 70 . [INFOTRIEVE] [CROSSREF] [CSA]
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 1980a . Guidelines and methodology used in the preparation of health effect assessment chapters of the consent decree water criteria documents . Federal Register , 45 : 79347 Appendix 3[CSA]
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 1980b . Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Arsenic , Washington DC, , USA : Office of Water Regulations and Standards . EPA 440/5-80-021. Available at http://www.epa.gov/ost/pc/ambientwqc/arsenic80.pdf
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2000a . Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health , Washington, DC, , USA : Office of Water . EPA-822-B-00-004. Available at http://www.epa.gov/ost/humanhealth/method/method.htm
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2000b . Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000) , Washington, DC : Office of Water . Technical Support Document Volume 1: Risk Assessment. EPA-822-B-00-005. USA. Available at http://www.epa.gov/ost/humanhealth/method/method.htm
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2000c . Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health (2000) , Washington, DC, , USA : Office of Water . Technical Support Document Volume 2: Development of National Bioaccumulation Factors. EPA-822-R-03-030. Available at http://www.epa.gov/ost/humanhealth/method/method.htm,
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2002a . Estimated Per Capita Fish Consumption in the United States Washington, DC, , USA EPA-821-C-02-003
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2002b . Columbia River Basin Fish Contaminant Survey 1996–1998 , Seattle, WA, , USA : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . EPA 910-R-02-006. Region 10
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2002c . Draft Action Plan: Development of a Framework for Metals Assessment and Guidance for Characterizing and Ranking Metals Washington, DC, , USA External review draft. EPA/630/P-02/003A. June. Available at http://www.epa.gov/nceawww1/raf/rafrpts.htm
  • USEPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) . 2003 . Technical Summary of Information Available on the Bioaccumulation of Arsenic in Aquatic Organisms , Washington, DC, , USA : Office of Science and Technology & Office of Water . EPA-822-R-03-032

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.