Bioaccumulation Using Surrogate Samplers (Bass): Evaluation Of A Passive Sampler As An Alternative Monitoring Tool For Environmental Contaminants At The Savannah River Site

Paller, M.¹  Knox, A.¹  Kuhne, W.¹  Blas, S.¹ 

[1] Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

关键词: COPPER;    SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT;    MONITORING;    ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION;    BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION;    THIN FILMS;    ANNELIDS;    COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS;    COST;    SAMPLING;    TOXICITY;    UPTAKE;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1224034
RP-ID  :  SRNL-STI--2015-00560
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1224034
Others  :  TRN: US1500442

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

DOE sites conduct traditional environmental monitoring programs that require collecting, processing, and analyzing water, sediment, and fish samples. However, recently developed passive sampling technologies, such as Diffusive Gradient in Thin films (DGT), may measure the chemical phases that are available and toxic to organisms (the bioavailable fraction), thereby producing more accurate and economical results than traditional methods.?? Our laboratory study showed that dissolved copper concentrations measured by DGT probes were strongly correlated with the uptake of copper by Lumbriculus variegatus, an aquatic worm, and with concentrations of copper measured by conventional methods.????Dissolved copper concentrations in DGT probes increased with time of exposure, paralleling the increase in copper with time that ocurred in Lumbriculus.????Additional studies with a combination of seven dissolved metals showed similar results.????These findings support the use of DGT as a biomimetic monitoring tool and provide a basis for refinement of these methods for cost-effective environmental monitoring at DOE sites.