PFOS (Perfluorooctane sulfonate) 노출에 따른 Macrophthalmus japonicus의 생태독성학적 판정점을 탐색하고자 생존율, 부속지 탈락 수, 갑각 및 내장 색의 변화를 관찰하였다. 그 결과, PFOS 노출에 따른 생존율의 감소는 농도 의존적 패턴을 보여 상대적 고농도인 PFOS $30{mu}gL^{-1}$에서 168시간 노출시 24%의 가장 낮은 생존율을 나타내었다. 부속지 탈락은 대조군에 비해 PFOS 노출군에서 탈락빈도가 증가하였다. 또한 대조군에서는 갑각색의 변화가 관찰되지 않았으나, PFOS 노출군에서는 백화현상이 농도의존적 패턴으로 관찰되었다. 내부 장기의 색 선명도도 PFOS 노출군에서 대조군에 비해 변화가 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 해양 저서환경의 모니터링을 위한 생물적 주요한 정보를 제공해 줄 것이다.
PFOS (perfluorooctane sulfonate) is one of the perflourinated organic compound, which persist as a residual compound in the coastal environments. Intertidal mud crab Macrophthalmus japonicus mainly inhabits in coastal and bay ecosystems in Indo-Pacific region including Korea and reflects to environmental changes. In the present study, M. japonicus were exposed to different concentrations of PFOS and various ecotoxicological end-points such as survival rate, elimination of appendages, changes of the crust and internal organ color changes were investigated. Interestingly, the PFOS exposure showed concentration-dependent decrease of survival rate. High PFOS exposure ($30{mu}gL^{-1}$) showed a low survival rate of 24% at 168 hours. Further, in comparison with the controls, the rate of elimination of appendages was also considerably increased in a time dependent manner upon PFOS exposure. Notably, with progression of time, an increased exposure to PFOS, test species showed whitening effect in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas the crab crust color was unchanged in the control. In addition, change in internal organs color and their visibility (clarity) observed in PFOS exposed crabs compared to control. Taken together, we suggest, eco-toxicology end-points of M. japonicus exposed to PFOS gave important biological information which could be useful to identify toxic contamination in the marine benthic environments.
