Comparative toxicology for risk assessment of marine fishes and crustaceans. [Cyprinodon variegatus]
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
The goal of this study was to collect data on the effects of chemicals on marine fishes and crustaceans and to evaluate the predictive power of the data for assessing risks to marine resources. The data sets consisted of acute median lethal concentrations (LC{sub 50s}) and chronic maximum acceptable toxicant concentrations (MATCs). They were analyzed with regression models and simple comparisons. The conclusions include the following: (1) the variability found in the marine data was comparable to that found in freshwater data; (2) the standard marine test fish Cyprinodon variegatus appears to be representative of marine fishes; (3) the responses of marine crustaceans are so highly diverse that the concept of a representative crustacean is questionable; (4) mysid and penaeid shrimp appear to be particularly sensitive to toxic chemicals. These conclusions are subject to the constraints of the existing limited data base and should be confirmed by a systematic study of the relative sensitivity of marine organisms to chemicals with diverse modes of action.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5153542
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Science and Technology; (USA), Vol. 22:5; ISSN 0013-936X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CRUSTACEANS
SENSITIVITY
FISHES
POLLUTANTS
TOXICITY
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
EXTRAPOLATION
FRESH WATER
METALS
PESTICIDES
PHENOLS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEAS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
ARTHROPODS
ELEMENTS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INVERTEBRATES
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
VERTEBRATES
WATER
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