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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Oligochaeta community

[ref. ID; 1917]

Test system

Effect of Oligochaeta (Limnodrilus sp. and Tubifex tubifex) bioturbation

Toxicants

2,2',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl.

Test design

Four types sediments differing in porosity, density, organic carbon, and clay content: continuous flow system for 100 days: [C14]-labeled TCB (water concentration 158+/-12 ng/L).

[ref. ID; 3302]

Test system

Strains

Eisenia andrei, Lumbricus rubellus were obtained from a commercial grower.

Sediment samples

Field sampling was undertaken in the Westwouderpolder & Ellandspolder, small isolated polder about 20 km North of Amsterdam (Peat sediments).

Toxicants

PAHs (Naphthalene, Anthracene, Fluoranthene, Benzo[a]pyrene).

Test design

Measurements/observations

Burrowing rate.

[ref. ID; 6070]

Test system

Short- and long-time after-effects of the Chernobyl atomic power station accident, 1986-1988

Sampling site

The 3 km (Izumrudnoe & Kopachi), 30 km protection area and 70 km south of the station (Lutezh & Demidov) from the Chernobyl atomic power station.

Sampling method

Tullgren funnels (225 cm2 surface area).

Measurements

Number of cocoon and mature earthworms.

[ref. ID; 6071]

Test system

The ecological effects of organochlorine, organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides on the population abundance and biomass of earthworms in a semi-arid tropical Savanna.

Toxicants/concentrations

Endosulfan, Methyl parathion, Carbaryl: normal dose (recommended for use by farmers) and high dose (3 times of normal dose).

Study field

The investigation was made in a 50x50 m area of the undisturbed grassland of the savanna inside the campus of Kakatiya University, Warangal in Telangana, the semi-arid region of Andhra Pradesh (India). The surface soil of the Savanna was light brown and of fine sandy loam type. 1 plot (5x5 m).

Sampling method

The earthworms were sampled (0, 40, 60, 80 days) by handsorting from an area of 25x15x10 cm.

Measurements

These were sorted into various age-groups and different species were identified. They were counted and weight (fresh wt).

Evaluations

Student's t-test.

[ref. ID; 6074]

Test system

Correlation between data from Artificial Soil Test (OECD, 1984) & Field Test

Toxicants

Azinphos-methyl, Benomyl, Captafol, Captan, Cyfluthrin, Endosulfan, Ethiofencarb, Fenamiphos, Imidacloprid, Mercaptodimethur, oxydemeton-methyl, Propoxur.

Field site (Sampling site)

Pastures near Leverkusen (Germany). The pastures have been covered by grass for more than 10 yr, and have a high abundance (up to 800 individuals m-2) and high diversity (up to 8 species) of earthworms. Plots of 10x10 m were treated in duplicate with the highest registered rate of each pesticide and with 4 times this rate.

Evaluations

LC50 and EEC (estimated environmental concentration).

[ref. ID; 6128]

Test system

Risk assessment

Sediment samples

Dredged sediment-derived soils (dredged sediment disposal) and polluted floodplain soils (overbank sedimentation). All sampling plots were located along the Scheldt and Leie river and the Canal Ghent-Bruges.

Toxicants

Heavy metal (Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn).

Measurements/observations

All earthworms biomass (g/m2 fresh weight) and abundance (N/m2).

[ref. ID; 6132]

Test system

Sediment and tubificid worms

Sediment and tubificid worms were collected in the bed of a stormwater infiltration basin.

Toxicants

Urban pollution.

Test design

Sediment columns were prepared by transferring the homogenised sediment (<0.5 mm) into 12 Plexiglas columns (20-cm long and 10-cm internal diameter) to a depth of ~~10cm. The upper part of the columns was filled with artificial water (96 mg/l of NaHCO3, 60 mg/l of CaSO4/2H2O, 60 mg/l of MgSO4/7H2O, and 4 mg/l of KCl) to simulate a water-sediment interface. The columns were placed in a dark room at 15 degrees C. For each set of 6 columns, two treatments were perforated with three replicates per treatment: (1) without invertebrates (control) and (2) with 115 Tubifex tubifex.

[ref. ID; 6704]

Test system

Toxicants

Stormwater sediments (Heavy metal: Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn, PAHs: Acenaphthene, Anthracene, Benzo[a]anthracene, Benzo[a]pyrene, Benzo[b]fluoranthene, Benzo[k]fluoranthene, Chrysene, Dibenz[a,h]anthracene, Fluoranthene, Fluorene, Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, Naphthalene, Phenanthrene, Pyrene, 2-Methylfluoranthene, 2-Methylnaphthalene).

Test design

Experimental design

18 columns (height=45 cm, inside diameter=10 cm) were filled with a mixture of gravel and sand in order to constitute a deep layer of heterogeneous sediment (28 cm depth) with a 2 cm sediment layer in surface. Three different types of sediment deposit were added at the surface: (1) a stormwater deposit (collected on a stormwater infiltration basin located on the campus of the University Claude Bernard (Lyon, France), (2) a particulate organic matter-rich deposit (collected on braided channels of the Rhone River at about 80 km east of Lyon), (3) a particulate organic matter-low deposit (collected on braided channels of the Rhone River at about 80 km east of Lyon). 15+/-0.5 degrees C. 12 hr light, 12 hr dark cycle in the overlying water. Experimental period 22 days.

[ref. ID; 6742]

Test system

Literature search

Floodplains site

27 sampling site for the rivers Rhine, Meuse-Rhine and Scheldt.

[ref. ID; 6805]

Test system

Uptake of zinc

Mud and worms

Mud and worms were collected with a ponar grab sampler from a station (41 degrees 38'N, 82 degrees 57'W, 9 m deep) in the southeastern portion of the western basin of Lake Erie.

Test design

Microcosm: Microcosms were constructed from 5.7 cm internal diameter cleaer acrylic tubes. Microcosms were 22 cm tall and had a 25.5 cm2 surface area. A rubber stopper was placed in the bottom of each microcosm to hold the mud in place. Total 50 microcosms prepared. All 46 microcosms were placed into the aquarium. Aquarium water was maintained at 20 degrees C (+/-1 degrees C); pH averaged 6.8 (+/-0.5) and dissolved oxygen averaged 10.0 mg l-1 (+/-1.0 mg l-1). Zinc chloride (ZnCl2) was periodically added to the water in an effort to maintain the zinc concentration near 5.0 mg l-1. Experimental period 139 days.

Measurements

Pore water and exchangeable particulate zinc were monitored in the worm and control microcosms.

[ref. ID; 6833]

Test system

Review

Toxicants

Benomyl, Carbendazim, Carbofuran, and Carbaryl.

[ref. ID; 6848]

Test system

Samplig sites

Forest soils near the village of Gusum, SE Sweden. Brass mill has been operating since 1661. Major elements emitted from the mill are zinc and copper (ca. 98% of emitted metals) and to a less degree lead and cadmium.

Measurements/observations

Earthworm density and biomass. Metals (Pb, Cu and Zn) concentration in earthworm tissues.

[ref. ID; 6852]

Test system

Heavy metal (Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn) concentrations in earthworm

Study sites

Floodplain grassland. The Rijswaard and Deel3 are the Afferdensche Deestsche Waarden (ADW) located along the river Waal.

Test design

The earthworms were collected by handsorting and taken back to the laboratory for identification and metal analysis.

[ref. ID; 6869]

Test system

Field test

Toxicants

Benomyl, parathion-methyl.

Test design

The standard field experiments were conducted on pastures near Leverkusen (Germany) using methods described by a test guideline (BBA, 1994).
Two plots of 10x10 m were used for each treatment. Plastic barriers of approx. 10 cm height, buried at the borders of two treated plots approx. 5 cm deep, were selected to exclude possible surface and some sub-surface migration of earthworms from untreated plots into plots where abundance of earthworms had been reduced by the test compound.

Measurements/observations

Earthworm numbers.

[ref. ID; 6874]

Test system

Colonization

Test design

A special deposit was constructed of approximately 75 m x 13 m x 1.50 m (length x width x depth) surrounded by dikes of the natural loamy soil. The deposit was filled, by pumping, with sediment from inland waters at Schagen (Province, North Holland), selected because of high PAH and low heavy metals and organochlorines loads.

Measurements/observations

Earthworms were sampled by diggig out 25 cm x 25 cm x 20 cm of soil and hand sorting at the spot.

[ref. ID; 6893]

Test system

Sampling site

Sixty soil sites were sampled in six different areas in southern France with various concentrations of soil Ca, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. The following species have been found in the studied soils: endogeic (Allolobophora rosea, A. chlorotica, Octolasion cyaneum, Nicodrilus caliginosus), epianecic (Lumbricus terrestris) and euanecic (Nicodrilus meridionalis, N. nocturnus, N. giardi, N. longus ripicola, Scherotheca monspessulensis, S. gigans dinoscolex, S. dugesi sanaryensis, S. gigans rhodana, S. gigans gigans) species.

Measurements/observations

Hevay metal concentrations in worms and soil. Three chemical extraction techniques (total extraction with a mixture of HNO3 and HCl, "assimilable" or "bioavailable" extraction with acetic acid, and diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid-DTPA).

Evaluations

Principal component analysis.

[ref. ID; 6961]

Test system

Biouptake

Strains

From Toronto Harbour (Lake Ontario). Mainly Tubifex tubifex and Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri.

Toxicants

1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, Pentachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, 2,3,6-trichlorotoluene, 2,4,5-trichlorotoluene, 2,3,4,5,6-pentachlorotoluene, 2,4-dichlorobenzotrifluoride, 3,4-dichlorobenzotrifluoride, Hexachlorobutadiene, 2,3,4-trichloranisole, 1,2,3,4-tetrachloronaphthalene, Octachlorostyrene, alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma-chlordan, 2,5,2'-trichlorobiphenyl, 2,5,4'-trichlorobiphenyl, 2,3,2',3'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,5,2',6'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,5,2',5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,2',3',4'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,5',3',4'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,6,2',4',6'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,6,2',3',4'-heptachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,5,2',3',4',5'-octachlorobiphenyl, Mirex, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane.

Test design

Measurements/observations

37 chemicals concentration in worm, sediment, and sediment pore water.

Evaluations

Bioconcentration factor.

[ref. ID; 6969]

Test system

Strains

Oligochaete worms (~50 g wet wt) were recovered from Hamilton Harbour (the western end of the lake) by sieving bottom sediments with a plankton net (500 um).

Toxicants

Sediment from Lake Ontario were collected from the western, central, and eastern basins using a box corer.

Test design

Approximately 10 g of worms was added to each aquarium 30 cm x 60 cm x 30 cm deep, which contained 4-5 cm of sediment and carbon-filtered Lake Ontario water. The systems were kept aerobic by bubbling air and at room temperature (~20 degrees C). Of four aquariums, three contained Lake Ontario sediments and a fourth contained relatively clean Lake Superior sediments as a control. Worms were recovered from the aquarium after 33, 52, and 110 days by sieving a portion of the sediment using a 425-um (No. 40) mesh stainless steel sieve.

Measurements/observations

Most worms were Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri or Tubifex tubifex.
Chlorinated contaminant (1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, 1,2,3-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene, 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobenzene, 1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene, Pentachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobutadiene, Octachlorostyrene, 2,5,2'-trichlorobiphenyl, 2,3,2',3'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,5,2',5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2'5'-pentachlorobiphenyl, 2,4,5,2',4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,4,5,2',3',4',5'-octachlorobiphenyl, 2,3,6-trichlorotoluene, 2,4,5-trichlorotoluene, Pentachlorotoluene, Mirex, 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-ethylene, 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane) concentrations in worms.

[ref. ID; 7061]

Test system

Sampling site

Sediment of the reservoir of the River Danube at Altenworth/Lower Austria. Tubifex tubifex, Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri and Limnodrilus udekemianus are the most abundant species. They live in the upper 8 cm of sediment, with most (75%) in the uppermost 2 cm.

Toxicants

As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn.

Measurements/observations

Metal concentrations in worm.

Evaluations

Two different mathematical approaches.

[ref. ID; 7161]

Test system

Risk assessment in floodplain soils

Sampling site

Two field sites were selected in the National Park "De Brabantsche Biesbosch" in the Netherlands: Lage Hof (approximately 40 m wide and 100 m long) and Petrus Plaat Oost (approximately 15 m wide and 125 m long). Earthworms were sampled to a depth of 25 cm.

Toxicants

Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn.

Measurements/observations

Total earthworm density and biomass. Species identification and each species biomass (Lumbricus rubellus juv. and adult, Eiseniella tetraedra, Dendrobaena rubida, Aporrectodea caliginosa). Metal concentrations in earthworms.