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Main Title Phoxocephalid Amphipod Bioassay for Marine Sediment Toxicity.
Author Swartz, R. C. ; DeBen, W. A. ; Jones, J. K. P. ; Lamberson, J. O. ; Cole, F. A. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Narragansett, RI.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA/600/D-85/102 ;ERLN-N007;
Stock Number PB85-198232
Additional Subjects Toxicity ; Sediments ; Water pollution ; Crustacea ; Bioassay ; Mortality ; Survival ; Animal behavior ; Dredging ; Particle size ; Regulations ; Reprints ; Repoxynius abronius
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Abstract The relative toxicity of marine sediment can be accurately determined through acute, static bioassays with the phoxocepalid amphipod Repoxynius abronius. Mortality and sublethal effects on emergence from sediment and reburial behavior are determined after ten day exposure in 1-L beakers containing 175 ml of test sediment, 775 ml of seawater (25 ppt, 15 deg C), and 20 amphipods. Response of amphipods to test sediment is compared with response in control sediment collected from the species' natural habitat. Mean survival under control conditions is 95%. With five replicates, the bioassay is 75% certain of detecting statistical significance when mean survival is reduced by 15%. The method can be applied to a great variety of sediment types because of the tolerance of R. abronius to a broad range of sediment grain sizes and levels of organic enrichment.
Title Annotations Reprint: Phoxocephalid Amphipod Bioassay for Marine Sediment Toxicity,
PUB Date Free Form 1985
Category Codes 8G; 8A; 6T; 68D; 47E; 47D; 57Y
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/05
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 521418760
Origin NTIS
Type CAT