Nereis

Tran, m. train oil (from any marine animal), fish oil (with a prefix) oil blubber, -bren-nerei, /. = Transiederei. 

Polychaete worms belonging to the genera Nereis and Scolecolepides have extensive metabolic potential. Nereis virens is able to metabolize PCBs (McElroy and Means 1988) and a nnmber of PAHs (McElroy 1990), while N. diversicolor and Scolecolepides viridis are able to metabolize benzo[a]pyrene (Driscoll and McElroy 1996). It is worth noting that apart from excretion of the toxicant, polar, and mnch more water-soluble metabolites such as the glycosides formed from pyrene by Porcellio sp. (Larsen et al. 1998) may be mobile in the interstitial water of the sediment phase. 

McElroy AE (1990) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in the polychaete. Nereis virens Aquat Toxicol 18 35-50. 

Army. 1994. Development of a chronic sublethal bioassay for evaluating contaminated sediment with the marine polychaete worm Nereis (Neanthes) arenaceodentata. Vicksburg, MS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station Environmental Laboratory. Miscellaneous Paper D-94-5. 

Biota elimination half-lives t,/2 = 2.0 d from rainbow trout, t,/2 = 26.2 d from clam Mya arenaria, t,/2 = 6.3-13.3 d from mussel Mytilus edulis t,/2 = 9.2 d from Oyster, t,/2 = 1.2 d from shrimp, t,/2 = 5.7 d from polychaete Nereis virens, t,/2 = 8.0 d from clam Mercenario mercenaria (quoted, Meador et al. 1995). 

Bryan, G.W. and L.G. Hummerstone. 1973. Adaptation of the polychaete Nereis diversicolor to estuarine sediments containing high concentrations of zinc and cadmium. Jour. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK. 53 839-857. 

Ray, S., D. McLeese, and D. Pezzack. 1980. Accumulation of cadmium by Nereis virens. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 9 1-8. 

Nereis diversicoloi) containing 500-1000 mg Cu/kg DW Waterfowl livers 46 species ... 

Marine worm, Nereis diversicolor, 500 pg/L at three salinities and three temperatures... 

Falandysz, J., W. Kotecka, and K. Kannan. 1994. Mercury, lead, cadmium, manganese, copper, iron and zinc concentrations in poultry, rabbit and sheep from the northern part of Poland. Sci. Total Environ. 141 51-57. Fernandez, T.V. and N.V. Jones. 1990. Studies on the toxicity of zinc and copper applied singly and jointly to Nereis diversicolor at different salinities and temperatures. Trop. Ecol. 31 47-55. 

Ozoh, P.T.E. 1992a. The effects of salinity, temperature and sediment on the toxicity of copper to juvenile Hediste (Nereis) diversicolor (O.F. Muller). Environ. Monitor. Assess. 21 1-10. 

Sandworm, Nereis diversicolor, whole British Columbia various locations Polychaete worms, 3 species whole California... 

Fernandez, T.V. and N.V. Jones. 1987. Some studies on the effect of zinc on Nereis diversicolor (polychaete-annelida). Trop. Ecol. 28 9-21. 

Grant, A., J.G. Hateley, and N.V. Jones. 1989. Mapping the ecological impact of heavy metals on the estuarine polychaete Nereis diversicolor using inherited metal tolerance. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 20 235-238. 

Pirie, B., L. Fayi, and S. George. 1985. Ultrastructural localisation of copper and zinc in the polychaete, Nereis diversicolor, from a highly contaminated estuary. Mar. Environ. Res. 17 197-198. 

McLeese, D.W., L.E. Burridge, and J.V. Dinter. 1982. Toxicities of five organochlorine compounds in water and sediments to Nereis virens. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 28 216-220. 

Goede, A.A., H.T. Wolterbeek, and MJ. Koese. 1993. Selenium concentrations in the marine invertebrates Macoma balthica, Mytilus edulis, and Nereis diversicolor. Arch. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 25 85-89. 

Schwartz, J. et al., The development of methods for immunophenotypic and lymphocyte function analyses for assessment of Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) health, Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol., 104, 1, 2005. 

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