Acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, zinc, ammonia, 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine, 2,6-dichloro-4-nitroaniline, methylene chloride, and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol to juvenile grass shrimp and killifish

• Published in: Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 776 - 783
• Main Authors: Burton, D.T. (Johns Hopkins University, Shady Side, MD), Fisher, D.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Springer-Verlag 01-05-1990
• Subjects: 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine - analysis; 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine - toxicity; Ammonium Chloride - analysis; Ammonium Chloride - toxicity; Aniline Compounds - toxicity; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Brackish; Cadmium - analysis; Cadmium - toxicity; Cadmium Chloride; Chlorides - analysis; Chlorides - toxicity; Chlorophenols - analysis; Chlorophenols - toxicity; CONTAMINACION DEL AGUA; Copper - analysis; Copper - toxicity; Copper Sulfate; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; Decapoda (Crustacea) - drug effects; Environmental pollutants toxicology; FUNDULUS; Fundulus heteroclitus; HEAVY METALS; Killifishes; Lethal Dose 50; Medical sciences; METAL LOURD; METALES PESADOS; Methylene Chloride - analysis; Methylene Chloride - toxicity; PALAEMONETES; Palaemonetes pugio; POLLUTION DE L'EAU; TOXICIDAD; TOXICITE; TOXICITY; Toxicology; Water; Water Pollutants - toxicity; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; WATER POLLUTION; Zinc - analysis; Zinc - toxicity; Zinc Compounds; Water; Cadmium; Palaemonetes pugio; Toxicity; Young animal; Zinc; Macrura; Fundulus heteroclitus; Heavy metal; Crustacea; Ammonia; Pollutant; Vertebrata; Investigation method; Test; Arthropoda; Pisces; Dichloromethane; Decapoda; Invertebrata; Copper
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/bf01701802

In connection with a study on the toxicity of a complex chemical waste water, acute toxicity tests were carried out on the effects of 3 metals, ammonia, and 4 organic chemicals on juvenile grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and juvenile killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). The estimated 48-h LC50 values in each case are tabulated and the results are discussed.