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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 4. (continued)
EcosysteW, species, arsenic Arsenic Effect Referenceb
compound , and other concentration
variables
Alults 23 to 26.6 mg/l
As+3
+5 0.96 mg/l
As or As Fed diets con-
taining 120 to
1,600 mg As/kg
for 8 weeks
As+5 Fed diets con-
taining 10 to
90 mg As/kg for
16 weeks
As +5 0.97 mg/l
DSMA 0.97 mg/l
SDMA 0.85 mg/l
SC 1,000 mg/l
DMA or ABA Fed diet con-
taining 120 to
1,600 mg/kg for
8 weeks
Broo+3trout, Salvelinus fontinalis
As 15 mg/l
LC-50 (96 hours). 5
LC-0 (28 days). 7,8
Growth depression,
food avoidance, and
impaired feed effi-
ciency at all
levels. 9
No effect level at
about 10 mg/kg diet.
Some adaptation to
dietary As observed
in trout fed 90 mg/k g
diet, as initial neg a-
tive growth gave way
to slow positive
growth over time. 9
LC-0 (28 days); no
accumulations. 5
LC-0 (28 days). 5
LC-0 (28 days). 5
LC-0 (28 days). 14
No toxic response
at any level
tested. 9
LC-50 (96 hours). 3
MARINE PLANTS
Alga T3 2 spp4.5
As+5 or As
Alga T3 3 spp.
1 mg/l
1,000 mg/l
0.019 to 0.022
mg/l
No effect. 10
No deaths. 10
Reduced growth. 3
Reds?Jga, Champia parvula
0.065 mg/l
Normal sexual
reproduction. 10
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