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Table 9). Spiked sediment was subsampled to each test chamber and the overlying<br />

water was gently poured over. The sediment and water mixtures were allowed to<br />

settle overnight in the dark (ASTM, 1995). Test worms were selected from the petri<br />

dish and placed in the overlying water of the test chamber by using a soft forceps.<br />

They could swim, crawl, and then burrow onto the test medium.<br />

Table 9 Conditions of the study on the acute and sublethal toxicity of sedimentassociated<br />

naphthalene to L. hoffmeisteri.<br />

Treatment Components<br />

Nominal concentration<br />

(µg/g sediment wwt)<br />

1 Sediment + Naphthalene + Ethanol 100<br />

2 Sediment + Naphthalene + Ethanol 50<br />

3 Sediment + Naphthalene + Ethanol 25<br />

4 Sediment + Naphthalene + Ethanol 12.5<br />

5 Sediment + Naphthalene + Ethanol 6.25<br />

Negative control Sediment 0<br />

Solvent control Sediment + Ethanol 0<br />

To assess the endpoints of the experiment, the mortality was<br />

checked daily and dead worms were removed from test chambers as soon as they<br />

were observed. Test worms were considered dead when there was complete<br />

immobilization and no response to pressing with blunt grass rod. Worms were also<br />

checked visually every 24 h to monitor any sublethal effects causing morphological<br />

and behavioral changes including autotomy, sediment avoidance and reworking<br />

activity. Guidance and method for evaluating the effects of naphthalene on<br />

L. hoffmeisteri in this study followed the work of Meller et al. (1998) as shown in<br />

Table 10. Morphological changes of the worms were determined using stereo<br />

microscope.<br />

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