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Title: Resistance of temperature tolerance ability of green sunfish to cadmium exposure

Abstract

Fish are in intimate contact with their aqueous environment, and hence, are quickly susceptible to stressful changes in their chemical milieu. It is expected that stressful chemicals present in the external aquatic environment would induce observable physiological changes, even at sublethal concentrations. The authors reported that cadmium at LC5, LC10 and LC20 concentrations (of 96-h LC50) highly significantly decreased the temperature tolerance of red shiners Notropis lutrensis and fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas. Since sunfishes, family Centrarchidae appear to be more resistant to certain types of chemicals, they decided to employ similar methodology to test the effects of cadmium on temperature tolerance of green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus. The literature and research in the laboratory led them to hypothesize that cadmium exposure would not reduce temperature tolerance as much as in a centrarchid such as green sunfish as in red shiners and fathead minnows.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
North Texas State Univ., Denton (US)
OSTI Identifier:
5165511
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 40:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; CADMIUM CARBONATES; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; FISHES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; JUVENILES; SENSITIVITY; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; VERTEBRATES; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology; 560200 - Thermal Effects

Citation Formats

Carrier, R, and Beitinger, T L. Resistance of temperature tolerance ability of green sunfish to cadmium exposure. United States: N. p., 1988. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01688369.
Carrier, R, & Beitinger, T L. Resistance of temperature tolerance ability of green sunfish to cadmium exposure. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688369
Carrier, R, and Beitinger, T L. 1988. "Resistance of temperature tolerance ability of green sunfish to cadmium exposure". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688369.
@article{osti_5165511,
title = {Resistance of temperature tolerance ability of green sunfish to cadmium exposure},
author = {Carrier, R and Beitinger, T L},
abstractNote = {Fish are in intimate contact with their aqueous environment, and hence, are quickly susceptible to stressful changes in their chemical milieu. It is expected that stressful chemicals present in the external aquatic environment would induce observable physiological changes, even at sublethal concentrations. The authors reported that cadmium at LC5, LC10 and LC20 concentrations (of 96-h LC50) highly significantly decreased the temperature tolerance of red shiners Notropis lutrensis and fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas. Since sunfishes, family Centrarchidae appear to be more resistant to certain types of chemicals, they decided to employ similar methodology to test the effects of cadmium on temperature tolerance of green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus. The literature and research in the laboratory led them to hypothesize that cadmium exposure would not reduce temperature tolerance as much as in a centrarchid such as green sunfish as in red shiners and fathead minnows.},
doi = {10.1007/BF01688369},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5165511}, journal = {Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 40:4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1988},
month = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1988}
}