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during the sediment aging process, reflecting the changes in the physico-chemical<br />

interactions between the pyrene, sediment and pore water<br />

Weinstein et al. (2003) studied bioaccumulation and toxicity of sedimentassociated<br />

fluoranthene in the estuarine oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus<br />

using both in the presence and absence of ultraviolet radiation. It was found that little<br />

mortality was observed following 10 d exposure with the LC50 higher than 3912 µg/g<br />

sediment dwt. Bioaccumulation of this chemical was high with mean BAFs varied<br />

between 1.6-23.0. This result demonstrated that Monopylephorus rubroniveus was<br />

highly tolerant of fluoranthene in the presence of sediment and could bioaccumulate<br />

fluoranthene to high levels.<br />

Hyotylainen and Oikari (2004) studied bioaccumulation of PAHs in the<br />

crosote-contaminated sediment of Lake Jamsanvesi in a 28 d laboratory-exposure<br />

using Lumbriculus variegatus as a bioassay. Chemical analyses showed that benzo<br />

(k) fluoranthene, anthracene and fluorine were the main PAH compounds present in<br />

the tissue of oligochaete, just as in the sediment. BSAFs of the individual PAHs<br />

varied from 1.2 to 5.7. It could be concluded that this worm species had a marked<br />

ability to accumulate and retain PAHs from creosote-contaminated sediment.<br />

Filipowicz et al. (2007) studied the potential for dietary transfer of sedimentassociated<br />

fluoranthene from Monopylephorus rubroniveus to grass shrimp<br />

Palaemonetes pugio using both in the presence and absence of sublethal water-borne<br />

concentrations of the metabolic inhibitor, piperonyl butoxide (PBO). It was found<br />

that all grass shrimp bioaccumulated fluoranthene with the higher in the presence of<br />

PBO. These results demonstrated that sediment-associated fluoranthene was<br />

transferred through the diet from oligochaetes to grass shrimp, but the<br />

biomagnification was low due to low trophic transfer coefficients (TTCs) calculated<br />

of 0.02 and 0.01 in the presence and absence of PBO, respectively. Finally, the<br />

presence of PBO enhanced fluoranthene bioaccumulation.<br />

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