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Bioaccumulation and Elimination of Waterborne Mercury in the Midge Larvae, Chironomus riparius Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae)
| datacite.subject.sdg | 12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 13:Ação Climática | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 14:Proteger a Vida Marinha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Azevedo-Pereira, Henrique M. V. S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abreu, Sizenando N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lemos, Marco F.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Soares, Amadeu M. V. M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-26T15:52:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-26T15:52:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-05-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Here, mercury kinetics and behavioural effects in the midge larvae under a water-only exposure were assessed. Uptake and elimination of waterborne mercury were described by using a one-compartment kinetic model. Results show that midges were able to readily accumulate the heavy metal (BCF = 450), presenting a fast uptake, up to 13.1 lg Hg g of animal-1 at the end of the exposure period. Elimination was slow, with c.a. 39 % of the mercury in larvae being depurated after 48 h in clean medium. Behaviour did not present differences upon exposure or elimination, but a trend to increase ventilation was noticed during the exposure period. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Financial support for this work was provided by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia through a PhD research grant to Henrique M.V.S. Azevedo Pereira (SFRH/BD/18516/2004), a Post-Doc grant to S.N. Abreu (SFRH/BPD/45807/2008), and by funding FEDER through COMPETE—Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade, and by National funding through FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, within the research project «FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-007069» (PTDC/BIA-BDE/72841/2006). | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Azevedo-Pereira, H.M.V.S., Abreu, S.N., Lemos, M.F.L. et al. Bioaccumulation and Elimination of Waterborne Mercury in the Midge Larvae, Chironomus riparius Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 89, 245–250 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0674-z | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00128-012-0674-z | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0007-4861 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1432-0800 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14742 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-012-0674-z | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Toxicokinetics | |
| dc.subject | Online biomonitoring | |
| dc.subject | Mercuric chloride | |
| dc.subject | Water only exposure | |
| dc.title | Bioaccumulation and Elimination of Waterborne Mercury in the Midge Larvae, Chironomus riparius Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae) | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 250 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 2 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 245 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 89 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Lemos | |
| person.givenName | Marco | |
| person.identifier | 996337 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 971F-ACCA-C0D1 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-9887-1864 | |
| person.identifier.rid | F-7951-2011 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7006042884 | |
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