Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands
Abstract In many Dutch freshwater wetlands, concentrations of sulfate in the surface water and groundwater have increased. It is especially in peaty areas that this can lead to problems, including the reduction of sulfate to toxic sulfide. Our aquarium experiments showed that even low sulfide concen...
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crwiley:10.1897/05-283r.1 2024-09-15T18:20:25+00:00 Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands van der Welle, Marlies Elizabeth Wilhelmina Cuppens, Mieke Lamers, Leon Peter Maria Roelofs, Jan Gisbert Maria 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/05-283r.1 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1897%2F05-283R.1 https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1897/05-283R.1 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry volume 25, issue 6, page 1592-1597 ISSN 0730-7268 1552-8618 journal-article 2006 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1897/05-283r.1 2024-06-25T04:12:12Z Abstract In many Dutch freshwater wetlands, concentrations of sulfate in the surface water and groundwater have increased. It is especially in peaty areas that this can lead to problems, including the reduction of sulfate to toxic sulfide. Our aquarium experiments showed that even low sulfide concentrations of 50 μmol/L are toxic to the freshwater macrophyte Nitella flexilis and the freshwater oligochaete Ophidonais serpentina . Sulfide toxicity can be modified by the availability of free iron in soil moisture or sediment from iron‐rich groundwater discharge. The iron precipitates the sulfide, thereby immobilizing it and decreasing its toxicity. However, iron itself can be a toxicant as well. We found a detoxifying effect of moderate iron concentrations on sulfide toxicity, as well as a toxic effect of high iron concentrations on the growth of Potamogeton acutifolius . At the intermediate range, the formation of metal sulfides can simultaneously decrease metal and sulfide toxicity. Results of the experiments are discussed in relation to hydrological changes in freshwater wetlands. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nitella flexilis Wiley Online Library Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25 6 1592 1597 |
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Abstract In many Dutch freshwater wetlands, concentrations of sulfate in the surface water and groundwater have increased. It is especially in peaty areas that this can lead to problems, including the reduction of sulfate to toxic sulfide. Our aquarium experiments showed that even low sulfide concentrations of 50 μmol/L are toxic to the freshwater macrophyte Nitella flexilis and the freshwater oligochaete Ophidonais serpentina . Sulfide toxicity can be modified by the availability of free iron in soil moisture or sediment from iron‐rich groundwater discharge. The iron precipitates the sulfide, thereby immobilizing it and decreasing its toxicity. However, iron itself can be a toxicant as well. We found a detoxifying effect of moderate iron concentrations on sulfide toxicity, as well as a toxic effect of high iron concentrations on the growth of Potamogeton acutifolius . At the intermediate range, the formation of metal sulfides can simultaneously decrease metal and sulfide toxicity. Results of the experiments are discussed in relation to hydrological changes in freshwater wetlands. |
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van der Welle, Marlies Elizabeth Wilhelmina Cuppens, Mieke Lamers, Leon Peter Maria Roelofs, Jan Gisbert Maria |
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van der Welle, Marlies Elizabeth Wilhelmina Cuppens, Mieke Lamers, Leon Peter Maria Roelofs, Jan Gisbert Maria Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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van der Welle, Marlies Elizabeth Wilhelmina Cuppens, Mieke Lamers, Leon Peter Maria Roelofs, Jan Gisbert Maria |
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van der Welle, Marlies Elizabeth Wilhelmina |
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Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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Detoxifying toxicants: Interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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detoxifying toxicants: interactions between sulfide and iron toxicity in freshwater wetlands |
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Nitella flexilis |
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Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry volume 25, issue 6, page 1592-1597 ISSN 0730-7268 1552-8618 |
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