Some Effects of Endrin on Estuarine Fishes
Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the acute and chronic effects of endrin to estuarine fishes. Short-term bioassays in flowing seawater determined 24-hour LC50's for spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), mullet (Mugil cephalus), menhaden (Brevoortia patronus), longnose killifish (Fundulus similis), and sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus). A population of spot was exposed continuously for eight months to a sublethal concentration (0.05 ppb.). No pathology was found in the spot after seven months of exposure, but, a three-week exposure to a near-lethal concentration (...
