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Experimental Chronic Exposure of the Foraminifer Pseudotriloculina rotunda to Zinc

Publication date: 31.07.2013

Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 3, pp. 193 - 202

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.13.0017.1114

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Maria Pia Nardelli
Marche Polytechnic University - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Anna Sabbatini
Marche Polytechnic University - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Alessandra Negri
Marche Polytechnic University - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Experimental Chronic Exposure of the Foraminifer Pseudotriloculina rotunda to Zinc

Abstract

Miliolid (calcareous imperforated test) foraminifera have large diffusion all over the world in a wide range of marine environments, but their distributional pattern in relation to heavy metal pollution is not clearly understood yet. The aim of this study was to better understand the biological response of the miliolid species Pseudotriloculina rotunda to experimental chronic exposure at several zinc concentrations. The duration of the experiment was 10 weeks, and six different concentrations of zinc were tested between 0 and 100 mg/L. Increasing zinc concentrations led to increasing delay or to complete cease of the new chambers’ construction, with consequences on growth rates and affected vitality and biomass variations at medium to high concentrations. Moreover, our results showed that, even at high concentrations, zinc did not cause macroscopic test deformities due to anomalous arrangements of chambers.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2013, Volume 52, Issue 3, pp. 193 - 202

Article type: Original article

Authors

Marche Polytechnic University - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Marche Polytechnic University - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Marche Polytechnic University - Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Published at: 31.07.2013

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Maria Pia Nardelli (Author) - 33%
Anna Sabbatini (Author) - 33%
Alessandra Negri (Author) - 34%

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English