| Main Title |
Toxicity of Aldicarb and Fonofos to the Early-Life-Stage of the Fathead Minnow. |
| Author |
Pickering, Q. H. ;
Gilliam, W. T. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, Cincinnati, OH. Newtown Fish Toxicology Station. |
| Year Published |
1982 |
| Report Number |
EPA-600/J-82-296; |
| Stock Number |
PB83-189217 |
| Additional Subjects |
Toxicology ;
Pesticides ;
Fishes ;
Lethal dosage ;
Reprints ;
Fathead minnows ;
Aldicarb ;
Fonofos ;
Biological effects ;
Water pollution effects(Animals)
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| NTIS |
PB83-189217 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
6p |
| Abstract |
Flow-through early-life-stage (ELS) toxicity tests were conducted with the pesticides aldicarb (Temik) and fonofos (Dyfonate) to determine their effect on the survival and growth of fathead minnows. Concentrations of 78 micrograms/L of aldicarb and 16 micrograms/L of fonofos did not affect survival and growth. However, 156 micrograms/L of aldicarb and 33 micrograms/L of fonofos were lethal to larval-juvenile exposed for 30 days post-hatch. The maximum acceptable toxicant concentration (MATC) of aldicarb and fonofos for the fathead minnow is estimated to be between 78-156 micrograms/L and 16-33 micrograms/L, respectively. The corresponding chronic values (geometric means of MATC values) would be 110 micrograms/L and 23 micrograms/L. Acute toxicity tests gave 96-hr LC50 values of 1370 micrograms aldicarb/L and 1090 micrograms fonofos/L. The acute-chronic ratio (96-hr LC50/chronic value) is 12 for aldicarb and 47 for fonofos. |
