The Sensitivity of Adult, Embryonic, and Larval Carp Cyprinus carpio to Copper

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5225828· OSTI ID:5225828

Harrison, Florence L. ^[1]; Rice, Jr., David W. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

The copper sensitivity of adult, embryonic, and larval stages of carp Cyprinus carpio was determined using flow-through bioassay methods. Carp adults, embryos, and larvae were exposed continuously to copper concentrations that ranged from those producing an immediate effect to those producing none. Carp embryos were obtained after we induced adults to spawn. Exposure of embryos began at 4 to 6, 8 to 10, and 20 to 24 h after fertilization and continued until hatching. Exposure of larvae began 6 to 8 h after hatching and continued until yolk sac absorption. From the family of curves of cumulative mortality versus duration of exposure, median lethal times were determined and used to construct comparative toxicity curves. The 24-h LC50s show the order of acute copper sensitivity of carp life-history stages, measured in micrograms per liter, as; larvae (180 μg/L) > embryos (240 μg/L) > adults (540 μg/L). Estimated incipient lethal concentrations give the order of subacute copper sensitivity of carp life-history stages as: larvae (110 μg/L) > adult (120 μg/L) > embryo (230 μg/L). The sensitivity of carp embryos to copper changed as embryogenesis progressed; for example, embryos were approximately twice as sensitive before as after blastopore closure.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USNRC
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5225828
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR--1089; UCRL-52726; ON: TI86000131
• 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 ORGANISMS
BODY
CHELATES
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COMPLEXES
COPPER
COPPER CHLORIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER HALIDES
DATA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISTRIBUTION
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
ELEMENTS
EMBRYOS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FISHES
GLANDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LARVAE
LIVER
METALS
MORTALITY
MUSCLES
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANS
SENSITIVITY
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TOXICITY
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERTEBRATES