TOXICITY OF PHENANTHRENE TO SEVERAL FRESHWATER SPECIES
Date
1986-12Author
Call, Daniel J.
Brooke, Larry T.
Harting, Sandra L.
Poirier, Steven H.
McCauley, Dennis J.
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Phenanthrene is a by-product of fossil fuel combusion. It is a constituent of coal tars and has
been detected in the stack gases of both oil- and coal-fired
power and manufacturing plants. The purpose of this study was to determine the
acute toxicities and chronic effects of phenanthrene to several freshwater organ isms. The
organisms used for acute exposures .to phehanthrene were duckweed (Lemna minor),· a coelenterate
(Hydra sp.),.· an annelid (Lumbrfoulus variegatus (Muller)),
a cladoceran (Daphnia magna), an amphipod (Gammarus pseudolimnaetis), rainbow trout (Salmo
gairdneri) and bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Chronic exposures to phenanthrene were conducted
with rainbow trout and Daphnia magna.
Subject
toxicity
phenanthrene
freshwater
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Technical Report