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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
As +3 0.33 mg/l LC-50 (96 hours)
for embryos. 3
AmerlrSan oyster, Crassostrea virginica
As (eggs) 7.5 mg/l LC-50 (48 hours). 8
CopeW, Eurytemora affinis
As
5 0.025 mg/l No effect. 12
+
As 0.1 mg/l Reduced juvenile

+5 survival. 12
As 1 mg/1 Reduced adult
survival. 12
5Macoma balthica
Clam 4
-
Water temperature, 0C
5 220 mg/l LC-50 (192 hours). 11
10 60 mg/l LC-50 (192 hours). 11
15 15 mg/l LC-50 (192 hours). 11
Mysi13 Mysidoosis bahia

As +5
0.63 to 1.27 mg/l c
MATC
3
As 2.3 mg/l LC-50 (96 hours). 3
Blue
Tussel, Mytilus edulis
+
As 16 mg/l Lethal in 3 to
16 days. 8
Mud ?2ail, Nassarius obsoletus
As 2 mg/l Depressed oxygen
consumption in
72 hours. 8
Oligochaete annelid,
Tub' ex costatus
As
Water temperature, 0C
5 500 mg/l LC-50 (130 hours). 11
10 500 mg/l LC-50 (115 hours). 11
15 500 mg/l LC-50 (85 hours). 11
MARINE VERTEBRATES
Grey Au llet, Chelon labrosus
As 27.3 mg/l LC-50 (96 hours);
some skin dis-
coloration. 13
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