Main Title |
Acute Toxicity of Kepone (Trademark) to Four Estuarine Animals. |
Author |
Schimmel, Steven C. ;
Wilson, Jr., Alfred J. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, Fla. |
Year Published |
1977 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-77/030 ;Contrib-293; |
Stock Number |
PB-269 934 |
Additional Subjects |
Toxicity ;
Insecticides ;
Fishes ;
Minnows ;
Crabs ;
Estuaries ;
Bioassays ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Shrimps ;
Tables(Data) ;
Lethal dosage ;
Chlorine organic compounds ;
Callinectes sapidus ;
Cyprinodon variegatus ;
Palaemonetes pugio ;
Kepone
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB-269 934 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
5p |
Abstract |
Recent contamination of the James River estuary, Virginia, with Kepone prompted acute flow-through bioassays to determine the 96-hour toxicity of the insecticide to four estuarine species native to that ecosystem. The species and their 96-hour LC50 values were--grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio), 121 micrograms/liter; blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), less than 210 micrograms/liter; sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus), 69.5 micrograms/liter; and spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) 6.6 micrograms/liter. Surviving animals were analyzed for Kepone. Average bioconcentration factors (the concentration of Kepone in tissues divided by the concentration of Kepone measured in seawater) were--grass shrimp, 698; blue crab, 8.1; sheepshead minnow, 1,548; and spot, 1,221. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Chesapeake Science, v18 n2 p224-227 Jun 77. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1977 |
Category Codes |
6T; 6F; 57Y; 57H |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/04 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
323721512 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |