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Main Title Method for Aquatic Multiple Species Toxicant Testing: Acute Toxicity of 10 Chemicals to 5 Vertebrates and 2 Invertebrates.
Author Phipps, G. L. ; Holcombe, G. W. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA/600/J-85/073;
Stock Number PB85-230340
Additional Subjects Toxicity ; Vertebrates ; Invertebrates ; Water pollution ; Pesticides ; Fresh water biology ; Tests ; Minnows ; Catfishes ; Trout ; Concentration(Composition) ; Snails ; Chemical analysis ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB85-230340 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A method was developed to simultaneously ascertain 96 h LC50 values for seven freshwater species in a single flow through test with measured concentrations. It allows interspecific comparisons, easy determination of the most sensitive species, and cuts cost of labor, materials, and chemical analysis for measured concentration tests. Species tested included fathead minnows Pimephales promelas, goldfish Carassius auratus, channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus, bluegill Lepomis macrochirus, rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri, crayfish Orconectes immunis and snails Aplexa hypnorum. Compounds tested were pentachlorophenol, 2-chloroethanol, 2,4-pentanedione, hexachloroethane, alpha-bromo-2', 5'-dimethoxyacetophenone, benzaldehyde, 1,3-dichloro-4,6-dinitrobenzene, dursban, sevin and cadmium chloride. The LC50 values from these multiple species tests compared favorably with those determined using single species at the laboratory, usually within 20%.