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Avoidance of fenitrothion by goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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Goldfish (Carassius auratus) avoided water containing the pesticide fenitrothion. The response was graded over the tested concentration range of 5 orders of magnitude, with a threshold around 10 μg/1, equivalent to 3.5 × 10−8 M.

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  1. Department of the Environment Fisheries and Marine Service, Freshwater Institute, R3T 2N6, Winnipeg, Man., Canada

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Scherer, E. Avoidance of fenitrothion by goldfish (Carassius auratus). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 13, 492–496 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01721858

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