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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7092
• Author: Eisler, R.
• Title: Arsenic Hazards to Fish, Wildlife, and Invertebrates
• USFW Year: 1988.
• USFW - Doc Type: A Synoptic Review.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 2. Arsenic concentrations in field collections of selected species of
flora and fauna. Values listed are in mg As/kg fresh weight (FW), or dry
weight (DW).
Ecosystem, species, and Concentration, Referenceb
other variables in mg/kg
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS
Colonial bentgrass, Aarostis tenuis
On mine waste site 1,480, Max. 3,470 DW 1
On low arsenic soil (0.3-3) DW 1
Scotch heather, Calluna vulgaris
On mine waste site 1,260 DW 1
On low arsenic soil 0.3 DW 1
Coontail, Ceratophyllum demersum
From geothermal area, New
Zealand (20-1,060) DW 1
Cereal grains
From arsenic treated areas Usually <3 DW, Max.
252 DW 2
Nontreated areas Usually <0.5 DW, Max.
5 DW 2
Grasses
From arsenic treated areas (0.5-60,000) DW 2
Nontreated areas (0.1-0.9) DW 2
Apple, Malus sylvestris
Fruit <0.1 FW; <1.8 DW 1
Alfalfa, Medicago sativa
USA 1.6 FW 1
Montana, smelter area (0.4-5.7) FW 1
White spruce, Picea alba
Arsenic-contaminated soil
Branch (2.8-14.3) DW 1
Leaf (2.1-9.5) DW 1
Trunk (0.3-55) DW 1
Root (45-130) DW 1
Control Site
All samples <2.4 DW 1
Pine, Pinus silvestrus, needles
Near USSR metals smelter;
soil levels 120.0 mg As/kg 22 FW 3
Trees
Nontreated areas Usually <1 DW 2
Lowbush blueberry, Vaccinum angustifolium
Maine, leaf
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