Acute toxicity of zinc and copper singly and in combination to the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01985499· OSTI ID:6850068

Thompson, K W; Hendricks, A C; Cairns, J Jr

Zinc and copper are common components of aquatic effluents from various industrial and mining sources. The acute toxicity of various compounds of Cu and Zn has been determined for many species of fish using continuous flow as well as static toxicity tests under different chemical, temperature, and temporal regimes. Similarly, the toxicity of mixtures of these two, as well as of more complex mixtures of heavy metals, has been studied by many researchers. While many of these studies report the toxicity of Cu and/or Zn to the bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), to our knowledge the literature does not mention the acute toxicity of mixtures of these two metals to this species. The present study was undertaken to investigate the acute toxicity of divalent Zn-Cu mixtures to the bluegill.

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg
• OSTI ID: 6850068
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 25:1; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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560305* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Vertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
COPPER
ELEMENTS
FISHES
METALS
SYNERGISM
TOXICITY
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VERTEBRATES
ZINC