Effects of temperature on the median tolerance limit of pink salmon and shrimp exposed to toluene, naphthalene, and Cook Inlet crude oil

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01685464· OSTI ID:5209751

Korn, S; Moles, D A; Rice, S D

The effects of temperature on the TLm's of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) fry and shrimp (Eualus spp. and Pandalus goniurus) exposed to toluene, naphthalene, and the water-soluble fraction (WSF) of Cook Inlet crude oil were measured. Static exposures were used in which the initial concentration of the toxicant declines with time, a situation that would also occur with an oil spill. Both the persistence of oil and the physiology of animals are affected by temperature, and the measured TLm's are the net result of both variables operating simultaneously. Toluene, a mononuclear, and naphthalene, a dinuclear aromatic hydrocarbon, were tested because they represent aromatic compounds implicated as major contributors to oil toxicity.

• Research Organization: National Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay, Alaska
• OSTI ID: 5209751
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 21:4/5; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
ARTHROPODS
BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION
CONDENSED AROMATICS
CRUSTACEANS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
FISHES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
NAPHTHALENE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
PHYSIOLOGY
SALMON
SHRIMP
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TOLERANCE
TOLUENE
TOXICITY
VERTEBRATES