Planarian behavioural endpoints in ecotoxicology: A case study evaluating mercury and salinity effects.


Journal

Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
ISSN: 1872-7077
Titre abrégé: Environ Toxicol Pharmacol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9612020

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Historique:
received: 31 05 2021
revised: 09 07 2021
accepted: 13 09 2021
pubmed: 19 9 2021
medline: 1 12 2021
entrez: 18 9 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Freshwater planarians can be useful for the evaluation of contaminant stress on behavioral endpoints. In this work, we studied the sensitivity of the freshwater planarian Girardia tigrina in response to two model stressors (Hg and NaCl) by evaluating mortality, feeding rate and locomotion. A simple feeding assay with G. tigrina was devised, and an automated tracking system was used to evaluate locomotion. The estimated 96 h LC

Identifiants

pubmed: 34536621
pii: S1382-6689(21)00165-4
doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2021.103747
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Water Pollutants, Chemical 0
Sodium Chloride 451W47IQ8X
Mercury FXS1BY2PGL

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

103747

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Fátima C P Simão (FCP)

CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.

Andreia C M Rodrigues (ACM)

CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.

Amadeu M V M Soares (AMVM)

CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.

João L T Pestana (JLT)

CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. Electronic address: jpestana@ua.pt.

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