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Main Title Toxaphene : chronic toxicity to fathead minnows and channel catfish /
Author Mayer, Foster L. ; Mayer, Jr., Foster L. ; Mehrle, Jr., Paul M. ; Dwyer., William P.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Mehrle, Paul M.
Dwyer, William P.
CORP Author Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbia, Mo. Fish-Pesticide Research Lab.;Environmental Research Lab., Duluth, Minn.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA-600/3-77-069
Stock Number PB-271 695
OCLC Number 05130385
Subjects Insecticides--Environmental aspects ; Fishes--Effect of water pollution on ; Water--Pollution--Mississippi River ; Channel catfish ; Fathead minnow
Additional Subjects Pesticides ; Toxicity ; Fishes ; Minnows ; Catfishes ; Growth ; Reproduction(Biology) ; Exposure ; Eggs ; Survival ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Camphene ; Terpenes ; Concentration(Composition) ; Toxaphene
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101Y9NQ.PDF
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EHBD  EPA-600/3-77-069 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 03/16/2007
EJBD  EPA 600-3-77-069 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 02/26/2018
EKCD  EPA-600/3-77-069 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 06/26/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-77-069 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELDD  EPA-600/3-77-069 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 11/29/2002
ESAD  EPA 600-3-77-069 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-271 695 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix, 39 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Abstract
Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were continuously exposed to several toxaphene concentrations (13-630 ng) in flow-through diluter systems for 8 to 10 months. Growth and backbone quality of adult fathead minnows were decreased at 97 and 173 ng exposures, but adult channel catfish were not affected by toxaphene. Effects on reproduction were observed only in channel catfish in the 630 ng concentration: the period from pairing to spawning was increased and the amount of gelatinous matrix surrounding the eggs was reduced. Survival of fathead minnows was not affected by toxaphene, but the no-effect concentration for fry growth and bone quality was below 54 and 97 ng, respectively. Channel catfish fry survival and growth were reduced in the 299 and 630 ng exposures, and bone quality was altered in concentrations as low as 72 ng. The maximum toxaphene accumulation from water to fish was 69,000 times in fathead minnows and 50,000 times in channel catfish. Toxaphene was excreted very slowly in both species.
Notes
June 1977. Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-38).