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Title: Static renewal tests using Pimephales promelas (fathead minnows) and Ceriodaphnia dubia (daphnids). Clinch River-Environmental Restoration Program (CR-ERP) study, ambient water toxicity

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/569069· OSTI ID:569069

Clinch River-Environmental Restoration Program (CR-ERP) personnel and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) personnel conducted a study during the week of January 25--February 1, 1994. The organisms specified for testing were larval fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, and the daphnid, Ceriodaphnia dubia. Surface water samples were collected from Clinch River Mile 9.0, Poplar Creek Mile 1.0, and Poplar Creek Mile 2.9 on January 24, 26, and 28. Samples were partitioned and provided to the CR-ERP and TVA toxicology laboratories for testing. Exposure of test organisms to these samples resulted in no toxicity (survival or growth) to fathead minnows; however, toxicity to daphnids was demonstrated in undiluted samples from Poplar Creek Mile 1.0 in testing conducted by TVA based on hypothesis testing of data. Point estimation (IC{sub 25}) analysis of the data, however, showed no toxicity in PCM 1.0 samples. Attachments to this report include: Chain of custody forms -- originals; Toxicity test bench sheets and statistical analyses; Meter calibrations; and Reference toxicant test information.

Research Organization:
Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI05-91OR22007
OSTI ID:
569069
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/22007-T6; ON: DE98002519; TRN: AHC29805%%91
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1994]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English