THESIS APPROVAL
THESIS APPROVAL
THESIS APPROVAL
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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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