Selenium, bioaccumulation

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Besser JM, Giesy JP, Brown RW, et al. 1996. Selenium bioaccumulation and hazards in a fish community affected by coal fly ash effluent. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 35 7-15. 

Rudd JWM, Turner MA. 1983a. The English-Wabigoon River system II. Suppression of mercury and selenium bioaccumulation by suspended and bottom sediments. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 40 2218-2227. 

Thomas BV, Knight AW, Maier KJ. 1999. Selenium bioaccumulation by the water boatman Trichocorixa reticulata (Guerin-Meneville). Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 36 295-300. 

Rudd JWM, Turner MA (1983) Suppression of mercury and selenium bioaccumulation by suspended and bottom sediments. Can J Fish Aquat Sci, 40 2218-2227 Turner MA, Furutani A, Swick A, Townsend BE (1983) The English-Wabigoon river system a synthesis of recent research with a view towards mercury amelioration. Can J Fish Aquat Sci, 40 2206-2217... 

Southworth GR, Peterson MJ, Ryon MG. 2000. Long-term increased bioaccumulation of mercury in largemouth bass follows reduction of waterborne selenium. Chemosphere 41 1101-1105. 

Mason RP, Laporte J, Andres S. 2000. Factors controlling the bioaccumulation of mercury, methyhnercury, arsenic, selenium, and cadmium by freshwater invertebrates and fish. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 38 283-297. 

Chang, P.S.S., D.F. Malley, N.E. Strange, and J.F. Klaverkamp. 1981. The effects of low pH, selenium and calcium on the bioaccumulation of 203Hg by seven tissues of the crayfish, Orconectes virilis. Canad. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1151 45-67. 

Bertine, K.K. and E.D. Goldberg. 1972. Trace elements in clams, mussels, and shrimp. Limnol. Ocean. 17 877-884. Besser, J.M., T.J. Canfield, and T.W. La Point. 1993. Bioaccumulation of organic and inorganic selenium in a laboratory food chain. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12 57-72. 

Cleveland, L., E.E. Little, D.R. Buckler, and R.H. Wiedmeyer. 1993. Toxicity and bioaccumulation of waterborne and dietary selenium in juvenile bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Aquat. Toxicol. 27 265-280. 

Ohlendorf, H.M. 1989. Bioaccumulation and effects of selenium in wildlife. Pages 133-177 in L.W. Jacobs, (ed.). Selenium in Agriculture and the Environmem. SSSA Special Publ. No. 23. Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. and Amer. Soc. Agron., Madison, WI. 

Ohlendorf, H.M.R.L. Hothem, and T.W. Aldrich. 1988. Bioaccumulation of selenium by snakes and frogs in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Copeia 1988 704-710. 

Ohlendorf, H.M., R.L. Hothem, C.M. Bunck, and K.C. Marois. 1990. Bioaccumulation of selenium in birds at Kesterson Reservoir, California. Arch. Environ. Contamin. Toxicol. 19 495-507. 

Wang, D., G. Alfthan, A. Aro, A. Makela, S. Knuuttila, and T. Fiammar. 1995. The impact of selenium supplemented fertilization on selenium in lake ecosystems in Finland. Agricul. Ecosys. Environ. 54 137-148. Wang, W.X., N.S. Fisher, and S.N. Luoma. 1996. Kinetic determinations of trace element bioaccumulation in the mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 140 91-113. 

Metals frequently occurring in the state s waste streams include cadmium, chromium, lead, arsenic, zinc, copper, barium, nickel, antimony, beryllium, mercury, vanadium, cobalt, silver, and selenium. These metals are toxic to humans and other organisms, are persistent in the environment, and can bioaccumulate in food chains. They are typically used by businesses in many industrial categories, as shown in Table 2.1-1. 

Garcfa-Hemandez J., Glenn E. P., Artiola J., and Baumgartner D. J. (2000) Bioaccumulation of selenium (Se) in the Cienega de Santa Clara wetland, Sonora, Mexico. Ecotox-icol. Environ. Safety 46, 298-304. 

Conditions such as pH, oxidation-reduction potential, and the presence of metal oxides affect the partitioning of the various compounds of selenium in the environment. In general, elemental selenium is stable in soils and is found at low levels in water because of its ability to coprecipitate with sediments. The soluble selenates are readily taken up by plants and converted to organic compounds such as selenomethionine, selenocysteine, dimethyl selenide, and dimethyl diselenide. Selenium is bioaccumulated by aquatic organisms. Very low levels of selenium are found in ambient air. 

Besser JM, Canfield TJ, La Point TW. 1993. Bioaccumulation of organic and inorganic selenium in a laboratory food chain. Environ Toxicol Chem 12(l) 57-72. 

Besser JM, Huckins JN, Little EE, et al. 1989. Distribution and bioaccumulation of selenium in aquatic... 

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