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Sediments from four lakes polluted by effuents from steel industries and from two reference lakes were investigated. The sediments contained elevated concentrations of oil, Pb, Cd, Hg, Zn, Ni and Cr in different combinations. The toxicity of the polluted sediments to Daphnia was much higher than reported elsewhere (24-h LC50 0.5–1.5 vol%). Tubifex survived more than 3 months in the polluted sediments, but growth and reproduction were inhibited.
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Wiederholm, T., Dave, G. Toxicity of metal polluted sediments to Daphnia magna and Tubifex tubifex . Hydrobiologia 176, 411–417 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00026574
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