Acute toxicity of silver to selected fish and invertebrates

Journal Article · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01606148· OSTI ID:5744029

Lima, A R; Curtis, C; Hammermeister, D E; Call, D J; Felhaber, T A

The toxicity of silver to aquatic organisms is examined. The following organisms were exposed to silver nitrate in acute toxicity tests: flagfish (Jordanella floridae), fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas), scuds (Gammarus pseudolimnaeus), and parthenogenetic midges (Tanytarsus dissimilis Johannsen, 1937). Because Lake Superior test water used in the study was relatively soft (44.3 mg/L CaCO/sub 3/) and the concentrations of organic materials and particulates were also presumably low, the test water probably had a limited capacity for reducing silver toxicity by adsorption or complexation. The LC/sub 50/'s of the study would represent values obtained under conditions resulting in relatively sensitive estimates of toxicity. (JMT)

• Research Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin, Superior
• OSTI ID: 5744029
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 29:2; 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 ORGANISMS
ELEMENTS
FISHES
GREAT LAKES
INVERTEBRATES
LAKE SUPERIOR
LAKES
METALS
POLLUTION
SILVER
SURFACE WATERS
TOXICITY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERTEBRATES
WATER POLLUTION