Effect of arsenic on the thermal tolerance and survival of newly hatched muskellunge fry (Esox masquinongy)
- 1 January 1976
- report
- Published by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Abstract
Newly hatched muskellunge fry were raised in tanks containing 0.00, 0.05, 1.0 and 5.0 ppM arsenic as sodium arsenite (NaAsO/sub 2/) at a temperature of 15/sup 0/C (+-0.5/sup 0/C) and a photoperiod of 12 hours of light alternating with 12 hours of dark. Temperature tolerance of fry, Critical Thermal Maximum, (CTM), was significantly reduced by exposure to arsenic. Fry raised at arsenic concentrations of 0.05 ppM or greater suffered 100 percent mortality during or shortly after swim-up. Control fry had a sharp drop in CTM during swim-up, became active feeders and continued to develop normally.Keywords
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