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TOXICITY AND UPTAKE OF KEPONE IN MARINE UNICELLULAR ALGAE
Citation:
Walsh, G., K. Ainsworth, AND A. Wilson. TOXICITY AND UPTAKE OF KEPONE IN MARINE UNICELLULAR ALGAE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-77/029 (NTIS PB269936), 1977.
Description:
Four species of marine unicellular algae were exposed to Kepone in laboratory bioassays. EC50 values after seven days' growth, in micrograms/liter (ppm), were--Chlorococcum sp., 0.35; Dunaliella tertiolecta, 0.58; Nitzschia sp., 0.60; Thalassiosira pseudonana, 0.60. When exposed to 100 micrograms/liter (ppb) Kepone for 24 hr, residues associated with the algae, in micrograms/kg (ppm) wet weight, were--Chlorococcum sp., 80; D. tertiolecta, 23; Nitzschia sp., 41; T. pseudonana, 52.
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:12/31/1977
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID:
45785