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Research article1997Peer reviewed

Early development of freshwater sponges under the influence of nitrite and pH

Kahlert, Maria; Neumann, Dietrich

Abstract

In the range of nitrite concentrations episodically generated in N-enriched running waters, nitrite has a detrimental effect on the freshwater sponges Ephydatia muelleri and Spongilla lacustris in the laboratory. At pH 7 and nitrite concentrations of 0.75 mg/l NO2-N and higher, the hatching rate of gemmules of Ephydatia muelleri decreases. At pH 6, 1.5 mg/l NO2-N causes malformations in tissue and spicules of Spongilla lacustris. At pH 5 and 1.5 mg/l NO2-N, hatching of both Ephydatia muelleri and Spongilla lacustris stops

Keywords

Spongilla lacustris ; Life cycle ; Morphogenesis ; Hatching ; Gemmule ; Environmental factor ; Nitrites ; Toxicity ; Porifera ; Invertebrata ; Freshwater environment

Published in

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie
1997, Volume: 139, number: 1, pages: 69-81

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
    Fish and Aquacultural Science

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/23286