Acute toxicity of cadmium, copper, zinc, ammonia, 3,3 prime -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. 44:5
• Main Authors: Burton, D.T., Fisher, D.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01-05-1990
• Subjects: 560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology; AMINES; AMMONIA; ANILINE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AROMATICS; ARTHROPODS; BENZIDINE; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRUSTACEANS; DECAPODS; ELEMENTS; FISHES; HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXY COMPOUNDS; INVERTEBRATES; JUVENILES; METALS; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN HYDRIDES; ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT; SHRIMP; TOXICITY; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; VERTEBRATES; ZINC COMPOUNDS
• ISSN: 0007-4861; 1432-0800
• DOI: 10.1007/BF01701802

The acute toxicity of several compounds was investigated while performing a toxicity evaluation of a complex chemical effluent. The tests were conducted for one or more of the following reasons: (1) data were not available for the chemical; (2) data were not available for the species; or (3) data were not available for the juvenile life stage of the species. Forty-eight hour acute toxicity tests were run on juvenile grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and juvenile killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) exposed to the following compounds: cadmium, copper, zinc, ammonia, 3,3{prime}-dichlorobenzidine, 2,6-dichloro-4-nitroaniline, methylene chloride (dichloromethane) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol.