Toxicity of arsenate and DDT to the cladoceran Bosmina longirostris
Journal Article
·
· Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Confronted with the increasing array of environmental contaminants being detected in the Great Lakes and the need to rapidly evaluate their potential harm to the aquatic biota, the authors have been investigating the suitability of native fresh water zooplankton species for bioassay of these contaminants. Although Daphnia mayna and D. pulex are commonly accepted as standard organisms for such tests they are not particularly common in large, freshwater systems such as the Great Lakes. Recently they developed culturing and testing methods for the cladoceran Bosmina longirostris, a widespread, ecologically significant food organism for larval fish of the Great Lakes. Their objectives were to measure the acute toxicity to B. longirostris of arsenate and DDT, which are representative inorganic and organic contaminants of the Great Lakes, and to determine the relative sensitivity of B. longirostris and D. pulex to these contaminants.
- Research Organization:
- Great Lakes Fishery Lab., Ann Arbor, MI
- OSTI ID:
- 6499663
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 33:3; ISSN BECTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560302* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Microorganisms-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
ARSENATES
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARTHROPODS
BIOASSAY
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BRANCHIOPODS
CRUSTACEANS
DAPHNIA
DDT
GREAT LAKES
INSECTICIDES
INVERTEBRATES
LAKES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
PLANKTON
POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION
ZOOPLANKTON
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
560302* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Microorganisms-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
ARSENATES
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARTHROPODS
BIOASSAY
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BRANCHIOPODS
CRUSTACEANS
DAPHNIA
DDT
GREAT LAKES
INSECTICIDES
INVERTEBRATES
LAKES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
PLANKTON
POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION
ZOOPLANKTON