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Main Title Ammonia toxicity /
Author Willingham, William T.
CORP Author Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, Colo. Control Technology Section.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Region VIII, Control Technology Branch, Water Division ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA-908/3-76-001
Stock Number PB-256 447
OCLC Number 03827075
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Ammonia--Toxicology
Additional Subjects Water pollution ; Ammonia ; Aquatic biology ; Toxicity ; Fishes ; pH ; Temperature ; Exposure ; Oxygen ; Dissolved gases ; Alkalinity ; Carbon dioxide ; Ions ; Sodium ; Concentration(Composition) ; Heat stress ; Salinity ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Dissolved oxygen
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20008UJP.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 908-3-76-001 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/17/2013
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 908-3-76-001 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 908-3-76-001 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 03/22/2017
EOAD  EPA 908-3-76-001 Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 02/13/2019
ERAD  EPA 908/3-76-001 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 04/02/2013
ESAD  EPA 908-3-76-001 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-256 447 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 103 pages in various pagings : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Several authors have reported that the harmful effects of ammonia are primarily related to the pH and temperature of the water because only the un-ionized ammonia is toxic. The un-ionized fraction increases with rising pH values and with rising temperature. Other factors such as dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, free carbon dioxide, sodium ions, total dissolved solids, prior exposure to ammonia, physical stress, general physiological status, and the presence of other additive toxins or other mitigating parameters will have a great affect on the overall toxicity of ammonia to aquatic organisms. The actual reported toxic concentrations of ammonia vary from 0.16 mg/l to 16.5 mg/l NH3-N.
Notes
Issued Feb. 1976. Includes bibliographical references (pages B-2-B-4).