8273

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8273
• Author: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Title: Guidelines for Interpretation of the Biological Effects of Selected Constituents in Biota, Water, and Sediment.
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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National Irrigation Water Quality Program Guidelines

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Table 3.-Biologlcal effects of concentrations of various arsenicals in sediment
[Concentrations in milligrams per kilogram; dw, dry weight; ww, wet weight]

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As Concentration Concentration In biomass
Species compound In sediment and other effects Reference
Plants
Mixed submerged macrophytes Total As 3.6-5.0 (ww) 2.3-26 (ww) Tanner and
19-38 (ww) 5.7-7.9 (ww) Clayton
1990
20-105 (ww) 66-S0 (ww)
Stoneworts (Nitel/a hooken) T olal As 100-780 (dw) 2,400-1,128 (dw)
Stoneworts (Chara coral/ina) <0.01 (dw) 200-240 (dw)
100-780 (dw) 235-300 (dw)
Mixed submerged macrophytes Tolal As 40-3,500 (ww) 250-920 (ww)
(contaminated by mine and industrial
effluent) 6.3-3,300 (ww) 150-3,700 (ww)
Spinach plants (Spinacia oleracea) As (V) 10 (in soil) 40% growth reduction Woolson
1973
Fish
Midas cichlid (Cichlasoma Total As 5.37-8.65 (dw) <0.01-0.37 (ww) in muscle. Laeayo et
citdnellum) No effect al. 1992
Jaguar guapote (Cichlasoma <0.01-0.12 (ww) in muscle.
managuense) No effect
Rudd (Seardinius erythrophthalmus) Total As 100-780 (dw) <0.2 in flesh; 0.3 in scales: Tanner and
5.5 in gut contents (ww) Clayton
1990
Perch (Perea Ruviatilis) 0.3-0.5 in flesh; 0.2 in scales
(ww)
Catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) 0.9 in flesh (ww)
Eel (Angulia australis) 0.4 in flesh (ww)
Birds
Shag (Phalacrocorax sp.) Total As 100-780 (dw) <0.2 in flesh; <0.2 in liver; Tanner and
<0.2 in brain (ww) Clayton
1990

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