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Main Title

Measuring and Estimating the Bioconcentration Factor of Chemicals in Fish.

Author

Veith, Gilman D. ; DeFoe, David L. ; Bergstedt, Barbara V. ;

CORP Author

Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.

Year Published

1979

Report Number

EPA-600/J-79-078;

Stock Number

PB80-183387

Additional Subjects

Minnows ; Organic compounds ; Concentration(Composition) ; Fishes ; Toxicity ; Temperature measurement ; Dosage ; Mathematical models ; Tests ; Mixtures ; Estimating ; Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds ; Exposure ; Separation ; Reprints ; Pimephales promelas ; Bioconcentration factor ; Octanol

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
NTIS	PB80-183387	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

11p

Abstract

A method of estimating the bioconcentration factor of organic chemicals in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) is described. Water at 25C was intermittently dosed with the chemical at a nontoxic concentration in a flow-through aquarium. Thirty minnows are placed in the aquarium, and composite samples of five fish are removed for analysis after 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 d of exposure. The bioconcentration process is summarized by using the first-order uptake model, and the steady-state bioconcentration factor is calculated from the 32 d exposure.

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