Abstract
Newly hatched individuals of four estuarine species were exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP), sodium pentachlorophenate (Na-PCP), or Dowicide® G (79% Na-PCP), in static toxicity tests.
The 96-hour LC50 values for sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) fry exposed to PCP at ages 1-day, 2-wk, 4-wk, and 6-wk were 329, 392, 240, and 223 μ/1, respectively. The 96-hr LC50 value for 2-wk-old fry exposed to Dowicide® G was 516 μ/1. The larvae (48-hr post hatch) of pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, were particularly sensitive to Na-PCP (96-hr LC50: 38 μ/1) and Dowicide® G (96-hr LC50: 66 μ/1). For 24-hr-old grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) larvae exposed to Na-PCP the 96-hr LC50 was 649 μ/1. Na-PCP caused abnormal development of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) embryos, the 48-hr EC50 being 40 μ/1.
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Borthwick, P.W., Schimmel, S.C. (1978). Toxicity of Pentachlorophenol and Related Compounds to Early Life Stages of Selected Estuarine Animals. In: Rao, K.R. (eds) Pentachlorophenol. Environmental Science Research, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8948-8_13
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