Main Title |
Toxicity of Sewage Sludge to 'Rhepoxynius abronius', a Marine Benthic Amphipod. |
Author |
Swartz, R. C. ;
Schults, D. W. ;
Ditsworth, G. R. ;
DeBen, W. A. ;
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CORP Author |
Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. |
Year Published |
1984 |
Report Number |
EPA-600/J-84-019; |
Stock Number |
PB84-197151 |
Additional Subjects |
Sludge ;
Toxicity ;
Exposure ;
Crustacea ;
Sediments ;
Oil pollution ;
Greases ;
Stress(Physiology) ;
California ;
Oregon ;
Reprints ;
Rhepoxynius abronius
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Holdings |
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Additional Info |
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Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB84-197151 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
13p |
Abstract |
Relative toxicity of sewage sludges from six treatment plants was determined by the LC50 of sludge-sediment mixtures to the infaunal marine amphipod, Rhepoxynius abronius. LC50s were measured as the increase in the percent total volatile solids (TVS) of the mixture due to the addition of sludge required to kill 50% of the amphipods during a 10-day exposure. LC50s ranged from 2.83% TVS addition for sludge from the small, domestic community of Waldport, Oregon to less than 0.1% TVS addition for metropolitan, more industrialized sources in Los Angeles, California. The toxicity of the sludge-sediment mixtures is attributed primarily to chemical contamination rather than organic enrichment. Rank correlations between toxicity and specific chemicals were usually not statistically significant, indicating that different combinations of stresses involving multiple or unmeasured factors were probably responsible for observed effects. |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Archives Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 13, p207-216 1984. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Toxicity of Sewage Sludge to 'Rhepoxynius abronius', a Marine Benthic Amphipod. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1984 |
Category Codes |
13B; 6T; 68C; 57Y |
NTIS Prices |
PC A02/MF A01 |
Primary Description |
600/02 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
424414930 |
Origin |
NTIS |
Type |
CAT |