Main Title |
Effects of petroleum compounds on estuarine fishes / |
Author |
Martin, B. J.
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Dept. of Biology.;Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. |
Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Research Laboratory ; Available through the National Technical Information Service, |
Year Published |
1980 |
Report Number |
EPA 600/3-80-019 |
Stock Number |
22161 |
OCLC Number |
06219631 |
Subjects |
Fishes--Effect of water pollution on ;
Hydrocarbons--Physiological effect ;
Hydrocarbons--Toxicology ;
Carcinogens
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Additional Subjects |
Fishes ;
Toxicology ;
Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons ;
Estuaries ;
Carcinogens ;
Polycyclic compounds ;
Exposure ;
Bioassay ;
Pathology ;
Contaminants ;
Water pollution ;
Histology ;
Oil pollution ;
Water pollution effects(Fishes) ;
Cyprinodon variegatus ;
Sheepshead minnows ;
Channel catfish ;
Ictalurus punctatus ;
Bioaccumulation ;
Toxic substances
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAM |
QH545.O5M3 1980 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
04/29/2016 |
EJED |
EPA-600/3-80-019 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
09/03/1992 |
EKCD |
EPA-600/3-80-019 |
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CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL |
02/01/2008 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 600-3-80-019 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ERAD |
EPA 600/3-80-019 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
10/22/2012 |
ESAD |
EPA 600-3-80-019 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/23/2010 |
NTIS |
PB80-141310 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
31 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
Abstract |
Effects of the carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), benzo(a)-pyrene (BAP), and methylcholanthrene (MCA) were investigated with sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus) and channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus). A closed-circulating system was designed to maintain up to 100 sheepshead minnows in artificial seawater for longterm exposures. Fish were maintained in this system for up to 31 weeks with weekly contaminations of PAH. Due to their chemical properties significant levels of BaP and MCA remained in the water column for only ca. 24 hours each week and no tumors were observed in the exposed fish during the period of the study. The incidence and types of lesions in control and exposed fish were basically similar except in catfish that were fed PAH contaminated food. High levels of contamination (1 mg/gm food) appeared to be toxic and lower levels of contamination (0.1 mg/gm food) produced sufficient stress to make the catfish susceptible to fatal parasite infestations. Both species accumulated radioactively labelled PAH at concentrations much higher than their nominal concentrations in the water. These results demonstrate that sheepshead minnows function well as experimental organisms in artificial seawater in a closed system maintained at a noncoastal facility. Thus, they provide an excellent model system for the study of longterm effects of chronic exposure to polluting agents. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-31). |
Place Published |
Gulf Breeze, Fla. Springfield, Va. |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
University of Southern Mississippi. Department of Biology.; Environmental Research Laboratory (Gulf Breeze, Fla.) |
Title Ser Add Ent |
Research reporting series. Ecological research ; EPA-600/3-80-019. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1980 |
Series Title Traced |
Ecological research series ; EPA-600/3-80-019 |
Series Title Untraced |
Research reporting series. 3, Ecological research ; EPA-600/3-80-019 |
NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
BIB Level |
m |
Medium |
unmediated |
Content |
text |
Carrier |
volume |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20161027055711 |
Language |
eng |
SUDOCS Number |
EP 1.23:600/3-80-019 |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
MERGE |
OCLC Rec Leader |
02385cam 2200565Ii 45010 |