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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. (continued)
Ecosystem, species, and
other variables
Concentration,
in mg/ kg
Referenceb
Channel catfish, Ictalurus
punctatus
Muscle
Native
Cultured
Whole, nationwide
Green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus,
liver
Polluted waters (from manufacturer
of arsenical defoliants and
pesticides), Texas. Mean
water concentration 13.5
mg As/1; sediment content
of 4,700 mg/kg
Age 1 to 2
Age 3
Age >4
Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus
From pools treated with arsenic
Muscle
Skin and scales
Gills and GI tract
Liver
Kidney
Ovary
Control locations
All tissues
Whole
Nationwide
Upper Mississippi River,
1979
Smallmouth bass,
Micropterus dolomieui
Muscle
Wisconsin
Lake Erie
New York
Whole, nationwide
Largemouth bass,
Micropterus salmoides
(0.0-0.3) FW 1
(0.2-3.1) FW 1
(<0.05-0.3) FW 1
(19.7-64.2) DW 11
15 DW 11
(6.1-11.5) DW 11
1.3 FW 1
2.4 FW 1
17.6 FW 1
11.6 FW 1
5.9 FW 1
8.4 FW 1
<0.2 FW 1
(<0.05-0.15) FW 1
0.3 (0.2-0.4) DW 6
<0.13 FW 1
0.22 FW 1
(0.03-0.51) FW 1
(<0.05-0.28) FW 1
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