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Main Title Increased Toxicity of Ammonia to Rainbow Trout 'Salmo gairdneri' Resulting from Reduced Concentrations of Dissolved Oxygen.
Author Thurston, Robert V. ; Phillips, Glenn R. ; Russo, Rosemarie C. ;
CORP Author Montana State Univ., Bozeman. Fisheries Bioassay Lab.;Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-R-800861 ;EPA-R-803950; EPA-600/J-81-587;
Stock Number PB83-131177
Additional Subjects Ammonia ; Toxicology ; Fishes ; Oxygen ; Reprints ; Salmo gairdneri ; Water pollution effects(Animals)
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Abstract
The median lethal concentration (LC50) of aqueous ammonia at reduced dissolved oxygen (D.O.) concentrations was tested in acute toxicity tests with rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) fingerlings. Fifteen 96-h flow-through tests were conducted over the D.O. range 2.6-8.6 mg/L, the former concentration being the lowest at which control fish survived. There was a positive linear correlation between LC50 (milligrams per liter un-ionized ammonia) and D.O. over the entire D.O. range tested; ammonia toxicity increased as D.O. decreased. Ammonia LC50 values were also computed for 12, 24, 48, and 72 h; the correlation with D.O. was greater the shorter the time period.