Effects of silver on eggs and larvae of the winter flounder. [Pseudopleuronectes americanus]

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1984 · Trans. Am. Fish. Soc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1984)113<247:EOSOEA>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6798366

Klein-MacPhee, G; Cardin, J A; Berry, W J

Embryos and yolk-sac larvae of the winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus were exposed to 0(control), 54, 92, 180, and 386 ..mu..g/liter silver (Ag/sup +/) during an 18-day flow-through bioassay. Percent hatch was signficantly reduced only at the 386-..mu..g/liter exposure level (24%). Embryos exposed to 180 and a 386 ..mu..g/liter hatched earlier than those exposed to lower concentrations, and many exhibited physical abnormalities. Larva mortality was significantly higher at 386, 180, and 92 ..mu..g/liter (100, 97, and 31%, respectively) than in the control (6%). The mean total lengths of larvae at hatch were significantly greater in control (3.56 mm) than in 386 ..mu..g/liter (1.98 mm) and 180 ..mu..g/liter (3.25 mm). At yolk-sac absorption, the mean total length of control larvae (4.27 mm) was significantly greater than that of larvae exposed to 180 ..mu..g/liter (4.15 mm). The highest concentration of silver not significantly reducing either survival or growth was 54 ..mu..g/liter.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston
• OSTI ID: 6798366
• Journal Information: Trans. Am. Fish. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: Trans. Am. Fish. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 113:2; ISSN TAFSA
• 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.
ANIMAL GROWTH
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHRONIC EXPOSURE
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
CONTAMINATION
ELEMENTS
EMBRYOS
FISHES
GROWTH
LARVAE
MALFORMATIONS
METALS
MORTALITY
PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES
SILVER
TERATOGENESIS
TOXICITY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERTEBRATES