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Biofilm mediated uptake of selenium in streams with mountaintop coal mine drainage

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Arnold, MC; Bier, RL; Lindberg, TT; Bernhardt, ES; Di Giulio, RT
Published in: Limnologica
July 1, 2017

Selenium (Se) may cause reproductive toxicity, yet the characteristics of Se bioaccumulation in aquatic food webs are understudied. Stream biofilms were grown in two reaches of Mud River, West Virginia (WV), including one downstream of a coal mine complex and an adjacent, unmined watershed. Mined stream biofilms contained significantly higher Se concentrations compared to unmined biofilms. An inverse relationship between water Se concentrations and biofilm accumulation factors was observed; mined-stream biofilms had an average bioconcentration factor (BCF) of 688 ± 350 fold while unmined-stream biofilms had an average BCF of 14505 ± 2700 fold.

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Limnologica

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0075-9511

Publication Date

July 1, 2017

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65

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10 / 13

Related Subject Headings

  • Marine Biology & Hydrobiology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0602 Ecology
 

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Arnold, M. C., Bier, R. L., Lindberg, T. T., Bernhardt, E. S., & Di Giulio, R. T. (2017). Biofilm mediated uptake of selenium in streams with mountaintop coal mine drainage. Limnologica, 65, 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.05.002
Arnold, M. C., R. L. Bier, T. T. Lindberg, E. S. Bernhardt, and R. T. Di Giulio. “Biofilm mediated uptake of selenium in streams with mountaintop coal mine drainage.” Limnologica 65 (July 1, 2017): 10–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.05.002.
Arnold MC, Bier RL, Lindberg TT, Bernhardt ES, Di Giulio RT. Biofilm mediated uptake of selenium in streams with mountaintop coal mine drainage. Limnologica. 2017 Jul 1;65:10–3.
Arnold, M. C., et al. “Biofilm mediated uptake of selenium in streams with mountaintop coal mine drainage.” Limnologica, vol. 65, July 2017, pp. 10–13. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.limno.2017.05.002.
Arnold MC, Bier RL, Lindberg TT, Bernhardt ES, Di Giulio RT. Biofilm mediated uptake of selenium in streams with mountaintop coal mine drainage. Limnologica. 2017 Jul 1;65:10–13.
Journal cover image

Published In

Limnologica

DOI

ISSN

0075-9511

Publication Date

July 1, 2017

Volume

65

Start / End Page

10 / 13

Related Subject Headings

  • Marine Biology & Hydrobiology
  • 3103 Ecology
  • 0602 Ecology