Cadmium toxicity to laboratory and field populations of Daphnia galeata mendotae

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01685452· OSTI ID:5859143

Marshall, J S

The relationships between toxicity and exposure time (toxicity curves) or between chronic and acute toxicity have long been of fundamental importance in fish toxicology, but only recently have been analyzed for zooplankton. As a method for estimating maximum acceptable toxicant concentrations (MATC) for fish that cannot be chronically tested in the laboratory, Mount and Stephan proposed the use of application factors (MATC/96-h LC50 ratios) derived from species that can be laboratory tested. Cadmium application factors subsequently reported for three species of fish all fell within the range of 0.002 to 0.008. Studies of cadmium toxicity to laboratory Daphnia populations and zooplankton communities containing Daphnia have been reported, and the laboratory results were recently verified in the field. However, no cadmium toxicity curves or application factors have been reported for Daphnia populations. The purpose of this paper is to report on the relationship between exposure time and cadmium toxicity to laboratory and field populations of Daphnia gleata mendotae, as summarized in a cadmium toxicity curve, and to derive a cadmium application factor.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL
• OSTI ID: 5859143
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 21; 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.
ACUTE EXPOSURE
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ARTHROPODS
CADMIUM
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
CRUSTACEANS
DAPHNIA
ELEMENTS
INVERTEBRATES
METALS
POLLUTION
TIME DEPENDENCE
TOXICITY
WATER POLLUTION