The Role of Arsenic in the Production of Alcoholic Polyneuritis
- 7 March 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 105 (2723) , 256
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.105.2723.256-a
Abstract
Catastrophic death involving millions of fish occurred between Nov. 1946 and Jan. 1947 on the south Florida Gulf Coast. Many other spp. of marine organisms were also killed. All kinds of fish succumbed. The mass death was associated with the presence of streaks of discolored water. Analysis of the water showed it to be unusually rich in cope-pods and invertebrate larvae; there were large quantities of diatoms with Coscinodiscus sp. as the dominant organism, and smaller numbers of naked flagellates, particularly Gymnodinium. The water contained no unusual salinities. Its temps, ranged from 22.5[degree] to 26[degree]C, with a pH close to 8.2, a low O2 content, and variable reports of the presence of H2S. An odorless but acrid gas was detected by boiling samples of water.Keywords
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