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Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations.

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Arnold, MC; Friedrich, LA; Lindberg, TT; Ross, M; Halden, NM; Bernhardt, E; Palace, VP; Di Giulio, RT
Published in: Environmental toxicology and chemistry
May 2015

Otoliths, calcified inner ear structures, were collected from creek chubs (Semotilus atromaculatus) and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) living in mountaintop mining-impacted and reference streams and analyzed for selenium (Se) content using laser ablation-inductively coupled mass spectrometry. Significant differences in otolith Se were found between the 2 fish species. Results from the present study suggest that a retrospective reconstruction of Se concentrations in muscle can be derived from Se concentrations in otoliths in creek chub but not green sunfish, exemplifying the importance of species differences when determining partitioning of Se among specific tissues. Green sunfish otoliths from all sites contained background (<1 μg/g) or low (1-4 μg/g) average concentrations of whole-otolith Se. In contrast, creek chub otoliths from the historically mined site contained much higher (≥5 μg/g) concentrations of Se than for the same species in the unmined site or for the green sunfish. These data suggest that body burdens of Se in fish can vary considerably over time and that both the timing of sampling and species choice could heavily influence Se assessments.

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Environmental toxicology and chemistry

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1552-8618

ISSN

0730-7268

Publication Date

May 2015

Volume

34

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1039 / 1044

Related Subject Headings

  • West Virginia
  • Selenium
  • Perciformes
  • Otolithic Membrane
  • Muscles
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Linear Models
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Cyprinidae
  • Coal Mining
 

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Arnold, M. C., Friedrich, L. A., Lindberg, T. T., Ross, M., Halden, N. M., Bernhardt, E., … Di Giulio, R. T. (2015). Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34(5), 1039–1044. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2885
Arnold, Mariah C., Lisa A. Friedrich, T Ty Lindberg, Matthew Ross, Norman M. Halden, Emily Bernhardt, Vince P. Palace, and Richard T. Di Giulio. “Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations.Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34, no. 5 (May 2015): 1039–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2885.
Arnold MC, Friedrich LA, Lindberg TT, Ross M, Halden NM, Bernhardt E, et al. Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations. Environmental toxicology and chemistry. 2015 May;34(5):1039–44.
Arnold, Mariah C., et al. “Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations.Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, vol. 34, no. 5, May 2015, pp. 1039–44. Epmc, doi:10.1002/etc.2885.
Arnold MC, Friedrich LA, Lindberg TT, Ross M, Halden NM, Bernhardt E, Palace VP, Di Giulio RT. Microchemical analysis of selenium in otoliths of two West Virginia fishes captured near mountaintop removal coal mining operations. Environmental toxicology and chemistry. 2015 May;34(5):1039–1044.
Journal cover image

Published In

Environmental toxicology and chemistry

DOI

EISSN

1552-8618

ISSN

0730-7268

Publication Date

May 2015

Volume

34

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1039 / 1044

Related Subject Headings

  • West Virginia
  • Selenium
  • Perciformes
  • Otolithic Membrane
  • Muscles
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Linear Models
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Cyprinidae
  • Coal Mining