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EFFECT OF MIREX ON PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION IN AN EXPERIMENTAL ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM
Citation:
Tagatz, M. EFFECT OF MIREX ON PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION IN AN EXPERIMENTAL ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-76/071 (NTIS PB268573).
Description:
Tests of 14- to 16-days duration were conducted to determine the distribution and sublethal effects of mirex in an experimental estuarine ecosystem. The insecticide was translocated from water at concentrations of 0.011 to 0.13 microgram/liter to sand, plant, and animal components. An alteration of predator-prey interaction due to mirex was manifested by a significant difference in survival of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes vulgaris, in control and treated tanks after one, two, or three days of predation by pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides.
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID:
38377