Behaviour of Lobsters Exposed to Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent
- 1 April 1970
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 27 (4) , 731-736
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f70-076
Abstract
In laboratory tests, lobsters (Homarus americanus) did not avoid bleached kraft mill effluent (BKME) at concentrations up to 20%. BKME or fresh water introduced 50 cm upstream from resting lobsters did not elicit behavioural responses. Lobsters may have detected at least two (acetic acid and NH4OH) of six toxic or malodorous materials but did not avoid any of them. Based on these results, it seems unlikely that exposure to dilute solutions of BKME in nature would have immediate, direct effects on movement of lobsters.Keywords
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