8280

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8280
• Author: Beyers, D. W. and C. Sodergren.
• Title: Assessment of Exposure of Larval Razorback Sucker to Selenium in Natural Waters and Evalutaion of Laboratory-Based Predictions.
• USFW Year: 2001.
• USFW - Doc Type: Fort Collins, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 2. Summary of responses of larval razorback sucker and flannelmouth sucker exposed to
dissolved and dietary selenium for 28 days. Ten animals per replicate, four replicates per
exposure concentration. Values are mean (standard error).
Selenium exposure
Water Diet Survival Mass Total length
' (µg~L) (µg~g) (%) (mg) (mm)

Razorback sucker
' 6.12a <0.702 100. 12.0 (0.659) 15.1 (0.278)
25.4 1.35 100. 10.8 (0.410) 14.5 (0.0866)
50.6 2.02 97.5 (2.50) 12.2 (0.263) 15.0 (0.0750)
1 98.9 4.63 100. 12.1 (0.312) 14.9 (0.108)
190 8.24 95.0 (2.89) 12.4 (0.483) 15.0 (0.155)
Flannelmouth sucker
6.12a <0.702 97.5 (2.50) 16.6 (0.387) 17.0 (0.103)
25.4 1.35 85.0 (5.00) 15.4 (0.462) 16.9 (0.0946)
50.6 2.02 87.5 (7.50) 18.1 (0.588) 17.1 (0.180)
98.9 4.63 100. 1.7.7 (0.282) 17.0 (0.111)
190 8.24 __ _ 82.5 (6.29) 18.4 (0.483) 17.2 (0.118)
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