TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Marine Antifouling Paint Particles Waste on Survival of Natural Bermuda Copepod Communities
AU - Molino, Chiara
AU - Angeletti, Dario
AU - Oldham, Véronique E.
AU - Goodbody-Gringley, Gretchen
AU - Buck, Kristen N.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Marine antifouling paints (MAPs) are widely used to prevent organisms from fouling vessel hulls. When scraped from vessels as part of regular maintenance, MAP particles discharged into the seawater become a source of toxic substances, like copper (Cu), to the environment, and biocides leaching from them are known to cause toxic effects on non-target organisms. We investigated the toxicity of MAP particles collected from a Bermuda boatyard on local copepod communities using two experiments. Copepod survival, Chlorophyll a and total dissolved Cu concentrations were measured before and after MAP particles addition. In an acute toxicity test, the addition of 0.3 g/L of MAP particles resulted in 0% copepods survival within 88 h and increased dissolved Cu by 1.8 μM. A significant inverse relationship was observed between copepod survival and MAP particles quantity, highlighting the toxic effects of MAP particles from boat maintenance on copepod communities in the surrounding seawater.
AB - Marine antifouling paints (MAPs) are widely used to prevent organisms from fouling vessel hulls. When scraped from vessels as part of regular maintenance, MAP particles discharged into the seawater become a source of toxic substances, like copper (Cu), to the environment, and biocides leaching from them are known to cause toxic effects on non-target organisms. We investigated the toxicity of MAP particles collected from a Bermuda boatyard on local copepod communities using two experiments. Copepod survival, Chlorophyll a and total dissolved Cu concentrations were measured before and after MAP particles addition. In an acute toxicity test, the addition of 0.3 g/L of MAP particles resulted in 0% copepods survival within 88 h and increased dissolved Cu by 1.8 μM. A significant inverse relationship was observed between copepod survival and MAP particles quantity, highlighting the toxic effects of MAP particles from boat maintenance on copepod communities in the surrounding seawater.
KW - Ecotoxicology
KW - Antifouling waste
KW - Copepods survival
KW - Marine pollution
KW - Copper
KW - Biocide
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/msc_facpub/1370
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110492
U2 - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110492
DO - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110492
M3 - Article
VL - 149
JO - Marine Pollution Bulletin
JF - Marine Pollution Bulletin
ER -