Main Title |
Responses of Estuarine Macrofauna Colonizing Sediments Contaminated with Fenvalerate. |
Author |
Tagatz, M. E. ;
Stanley, R. S. ;
Plaia, G. R. ;
Deans, C. H. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. |
Year Published |
1987 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/J-87/062; |
Stock Number |
PB87-213229 |
Additional Subjects |
Water pollution ;
Insecticides ;
Toxicity ;
Estuaries ;
Environmental surveys ;
Pyrethrum ;
Benthos ;
Contamination ;
Exposure ;
Sediments ;
Marine biology ;
Reprints ;
Fenvalerate ;
Water pollution effects(Plants) ;
Water pollution effects(Animals) ;
Ecosystems
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB87-213229 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
7p |
Abstract |
Macrobenthic animal communities that colonized uncontaminated and fenvalerate-contaminated sand (0.1, 1 and 10 micrograms/g, nominal) during 8 weeks in an estuary were compared to assess effects of fenvalerate on community structure. As much as 27% of initial concentrations of this synthetic pyrethrin persisted in sediment at the end of the test. Total number of species in communities exposed to 10 micrograms/g was significantly less than that in the control and lower concentrations. Of the dominant phyla collected (Annelida, Mollusca, Chordata and Arthropoda), abundance of chordates only (primarily lancelets, Branchiostoma caribaeum), was reduced by 10 micrograms fenvalerate/g. Biological indices applied to the data showed the greatest structural differences for communities exposed to the highest concentration, but these did not differ substantially from those for the control. Effective concentration for sediment-bound exposure was five orders of magnitude greater than that for waterborne exposure determined in earlier benthic community studies. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v6 p21-25 1987. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Responses of Estuarine Macrofauna Colonizing Sediments Contaminated with Fenvalerate. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1987 |
Category Codes |
68D; 68E; 47D; 57H; 57Y |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/04 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
729621432 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |