The effects of chlorine, elevated temperature and exposure duration of power plant effluents on larval white perch morone americana (gmelin)

Journal Article · Mon Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979 · Water Resour. Bull.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1979.tb01135.x· OSTI ID:5643339

Hall, L W; Burton, D T; Margrey, S L

Chlorine-temperature interaction studies with various exposure times were conducted on 25-day old larval white perch, Morone americana. Larval fish were exposed to chlorine-temperature test conditions similar to those conditions found in power plant discharge canals and in near-field receiving streams. Regression model techniques were used to identify the interactions of chlorine, changes in temperature, and exposure duration as factors that caused death as much as 36 hr after exposure periods. Results indicate that temperature variations of as much as 10..cap alpha..C when the base temperature was 18..cap alpha..C did not interact with chlorine or exposure duration to cause mortality. To minimize white perch larvae mortality from chlorine at power facilities, short effluent duration exposures or rapid mixing of effluents should be employed. (1 diagram, 1 graph, 24 references, 1 table)

• Research Organization: Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
• OSTI ID: 5643339
• Journal Information: Water Resour. Bull.; (United States), Journal Name: Water Resour. Bull.; (United States) Vol. 15:5; ISSN WARBA
• 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
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL STRESS
CHLORINE
ELEMENTS
FISHES
HALOGENS
MORTALITY
NONMETALS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THERMAL EFFLUENTS
TOXICITY
VERTEBRATES