EFFECTS OF COPPER ON GAMMARUS-PSEUDOLIMNAEUS, PHYSA-INTEGRA, AND CAMPELOMA-DECISUM IN SOFT WATER
EFFECTS OF COPPER ON GAMMARUS-PSEUDOLIMNAEUS, PHYSA-INTEGRA, AND CAMPELOMA-DECISUM IN SOFT WATER
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10.1139/f70-149
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
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LEONARD, EN
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ARTHUR, JW;LEONARD, EN
Three invertebrate species were subjected to acute (96-hr), followed by long-term (6-week) copper exposures under continuous-flow bioassay conditions. Survival, growth, reproduction, and feeding were the responses used for measuring toxicant effects. The average 96-hr median tolerance limits (TLm) values forCampeloma decisum,Physa integra, andGammarus pseudolimnaeuswere 1.7, 0.039, and 0.020 mg/liter total copper, respectively. The total copper concentration having no effect after 6 weeks exposure for all three species was between 8.0 and 14.8 μg/liter. The newly hatched amphipods obtained from the second 6-week study were exposed to copper for 9 additional weeks, and grew to the adult stage only in copper concentrations ≤ 4.6 μg/liter. After 5 weeks exposure to a water system, survival of newly hatchedGammaruswas markedly reduced when copper concentrations were between 12.9 and 6.2 μg/liter.