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Main Title Effect of Mirex on the Burrowing Activity of the Lugworm ('Arenicola cristata').
Author Schoor, W. P. ; Newman., S. M. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, Fla.
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/600/J-76/073 ;Contrib-268;
Stock Number PB-268 575
Additional Subjects Insecticides ; Toxicity ; Aquatic animals ; Water pollution ; Exposure ; Chlorine aliphatic compounds ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Substrates ; Bioassay ; Concentration(Composition) ; Animal behavior ; Interactions ; Reprints ; Arenicola cristata ; Mirex ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Predation
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NTIS  PB-268 575 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
An inexpensive bioassay system was developed to estimate pollutant effects on a benthic animal. Mirex, a fire ant toxicant, was taken into the substrate by the burrowing and feeding activity of the lugworm, Arenicola cristata, and significantly affected this activity. Mirex was present in the adult worm as well as in its juvenile stage.