Influence of dissolved organic carbon on the acute toxicity of copper and zinc to White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and a Cladoceran (Ceriodaphnia dubia)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
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Abstract

We conducted acute lethality tests with white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and Ceriodaphnia dubia exposed to copper and zinc at dissolved organic carbon concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 5.5 mg/L. Dissolved organic carbon had minimal effects on zinc toxicity but did have a protective effect on acute copper toxicity, which was equal to that predicted by the copper biotic ligand model (BLM). The BLM‐adjusted copper median effect concentrations for A. transmontanus ranged from 2.4 to 8.2 mg/L.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Influence of dissolved organic carbon on the acute toxicity of copper and zinc to White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) and a Cladoceran (Ceriodaphnia dubia)
Series title Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
DOI 10.1002/etc.4592
Volume 38
Issue 12
Year Published 2019
Language English
Publisher Wiley
Contributing office(s) Columbia Environmental Research Center
Description 6 p.
First page 2682
Last page 2687
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