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=ENT Br �unry=_ :de uo;d C�rF Oe-02-_.4 0_ 22;f' 3LI3:E-5=1O- -7-- --- <br /> ABSTRACT <br /> Bromide concentrations in ground and surface <br /> be Increased as a result of industrial effluents waters may <br /> bane discharges. Though bromide is c ts and oil-field <br /> relatively non-toxic constituent of freshwater, <br /> to be a <br /> concentrations in surface waters havhwater, acutely toxic <br /> e been documented. <br /> Little information is available in the open lit <br /> aquatic toxicology of bromide, ands p erasure on the <br /> is generally lacking. To addressstandard toxicity testing <br /> . sub-chronic, and chronic toxicity these issues, acute, <br /> tests were conducted <br /> using a series of fish and invertebrate species <br /> the toxicity of bromide (tested as to determine <br /> aquatic organisms and to evaluateaBrj to freshwater <br /> reported for non-standard tests toxic concentrations <br /> chronic effects of bromide in the literature, Acute and <br /> exposure resulted from wide( <br /> different test concentrations. Bromide was y <br /> Ceriodaphnia dubia at 3,470 m acutely toxic to <br /> effects (reproductive) 9/L (� h LC�3� chronic <br /> Pond snail } occurred at 1 .S mg/1. Sr (Ch <br /> s were the most acutely sensitive of th <br /> tested (96 hour LC., = 21030 mg/L Sr) ath a species <br /> were the least sensitive LC �' ead minnows <br /> of the studies conducted �° � 16'�$t mg�L gr}• Results <br /> nducted are used to aid In standardizin <br /> the toxic effects of bromide to freshwater or 9 <br /> recommend acceptable ambient water concentrations, <br /> r and to <br /> entrations, <br />