Accumulation and Elimination of Pentachlorophenol by the Bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 106 (5) , 462-465
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1977)106<462:aaeopb>2.0.co;2
Abstract
The toxicity, accumulation, and elimination of pentachlorophenol (PCP) were investigated for the bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus. The 96‐hour median lethal concentration (LC50) was 0.3 ± 0.04 mg PCP/liter. Fish exposed to sublethal concentrations (0.1 mg/liter) accumulated PCP in various tissues from 10 to 350 times the ambient concentration. The liver had the greatest concentration followed by the digestive tract, gills, and muscle. Upon removal frown PCP‐containing water the contaminated fish rapidly eliminated PCP. Residues ranging from 0.03 to 0.6 ppm were still detectable, however, 16 days after fish were placed into a clean environment.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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