Zinc toxicity to the mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi) in high-hardness water.
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The median 96-h lethal zinc concentration (LC50) was 439 microg Zn/L (hardness of 154 mg/L as CaCO3) for feral mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi), decreasing to a median incipient lethal level of 266 microg Zn/L after 13 d. The 30-d chronic value was 255 microg Zn/L. The acute toxicity-hardness (ln-ln) slope of 1.022 exceeded that of the current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency zinc criteria. The mottled sculpin is the second most sensitive fish species for which toxicity data are available.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental toxicology and chemistry
دوره 24 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005