CONDUCTING TOXICITY TESTS WITH FRESHWATER ORGANISMS EXPOSED TO DIELDRIN, FLUORANTHENE AND PHENANTHRENE
Abstract
Several toxicity tests are needed to complete data sets for the numerical national water quality
criteria for the protection of aquatic life. This report contains some of the needed tests which
are: an acute renewal test with dieldrin exposing a cladoceran, Daphnia magna, acute and chronic
flow-through tests with dieldrin exposing rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, a chronic renewal
test with fluoranthene (without additional UV light) exposing D. magna and acute flow-through and
chronic renewal.tests with phenanthrene exposing D. magna. All tests were conducted at the
University of Wisconsin-Superior testing facilities according to the proced res recommended by the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).
Subject
toxicity
freshwater
organisms
dieldrin
fluoranthene
phenanthrene
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Technical Report