US EPA

7073577 

Journal Article 

Toxic Exposure to Heavy Metal (Fe, Zn, Co, Mn) onHydrodroma despiciens(Acari, Hydrachnidia) 

Asci, F; Akkus, GU; , 

2020 

Yes 

Inland Water Biology
ISSN: 1995-0829 

MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER 

NEW YORK 

13 

3 

467-471 

10.1134/S1995082920030037 

WOS:000565184700015 

In this study, the resistance limit ofHydrodroma despiciens, which is a common water mite in inland waters, against heavy metal salts such as iron, zinc, cobalt and manganese has been tested. Water mites were sampled in Karamik Lake in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, during April-August 2015. Separate small lake ecosystems (microcosms) were modeled in the laboratory for each metal salt. Equal amounts of the samples of species collected in the lake were placed into these ecosystems. Increasing and equal amounts of the nitrate salts of the tested metals were added to the microcosms at certain intervals. A control microcosm was constructed as well. The samples were continuously monitored in these four different ecosystems. The water and live samples from each ecosystem were analyzed separately with ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma-optical Emission Spectroscopy, ICP-OES; Spectro Genesis, Germany), and the resulting data were compared. It was revealed that the most toxic salts forHydrodroma despicienswere those with Co and Zn, while the least toxic were compounds with Fe and Mn. 

Acari; water mites; absorption; heavy metals; ecological effect