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Main Title Derivation of site-specific water quality criteria for cadmium and the St. Louis River Basin, Duluth, Minnesota
Author Spehar, R. L. ; Carlson, A. R.
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Carlson, Anthony R.
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab.-Duluth, MN.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA-600/3-84-029;
Stock Number PB84-153196
OCLC Number 57569199
Subjects Cadmium ; Aquatic organisms
Additional Subjects Cadmium ; Toxicity ; Aquatic animals ; Water pollution ; Saint Louis River ; Larvae ; Fresh water fishes ; Exposure ; Tests ; Indicator species ; Trout ; Minnows ; Turbidity ; Color ; Temperature ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Metals ; Tables(Data) ; Sensitivity ; Water quality data
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ELDD  EPA-600/3-84-029 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 03/07/2012
NTIS  PB84-153196 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 52 p. : ill. 28 cm.
Abstract
Several freshwater aquatic species were exposed to cadmium in site and laboratory water to evaluate an 'organism testing' protocol proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for deriving site-specific, water quality criteria. The procedures of reclaculation, indicator species, and resident species were used in this protocol to modify the national maximum and 30-day average cadmium criteria. The site-specific, maximum concentration derived from the recalculation procedure was slightly lower than the national criterion value. The maximum concentration derived from the indicator species procedures was 7.0 micrograms/l and was calculated by using a water effect ratio from tests conducted in both site and laboratory water. Acute tests with several species demonstrated that cadmium was less toxic in site water than in laboratory water. Acute tests conducted monthly in site water showed that cadmium toxicity varied by more than a factor of three over the year.
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"EPA/600/3-84/029." "PB84-153196"