Evaluation of a laboratory-generated NOEC for linear alkylbenzene sulfonate in outdoor experimental streams
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbia, MO (United States). National Fisheries Contaminant Research Center
Laboratory and field studies were conducted with linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) to evaluate the use of the laboratory-generated NOECs for protecting aquatic organisms in outdoor experimental streams. Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and freshwater amphipods (Hyalella azteca) were exposed in the laboratory to an environmentally realistic mixture of LAS for 7 d; fathead minnows were also exposed in a 28-d study. Calculated NOEC values based on survival and growth ranged from 0.3 to 0.9 mg/L for fathead minnows and from 0.6 to 1.4 mg/L for amphipods. Toxicity of LAS in 4-, 7-, and 28-d exposured of fathead minnows was similar because mortality occurred within the initial 24 h of exposure; mortality was more sensitive than growth as a chronic end point. The addition of 5% sewage effluent to well and stream water had little effect on the bioavailability of LAS; however, total organic carbon levels were low in all treatments. A 45-d exposure of three outdoor experimental streams to 0.36 mg/L LAS had no effects on survival of fathead minnows or amphipods, dynamics of benthic invertebrates, growth of periphyton, or processing of detrital leaves. Results indicated that the laboratory-generated NOEC for LAS was protective of experimental stream communities under the studied conditions.
- OSTI ID:
- 5596735
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 12:10; ISSN 0730-7268
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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