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Table 3-4a
Summary of Bioassay Tests on Marine Organisms

Test
Duration LC 50
Hydrocarbon Test Species (hr) (ppm)
Benzene Grass Shrimp 96 27
Crago 96 20
Striped Bass 96 6
Toluene Grass Shrimp 96 9,5
Crago 96 4
Striped Bass 96 7,5
Cancer 96 28
Salmon Fry 24 5.5
m-Xylene Palaemonetes 96 3.5
Striped Bass 96 9
Cancer 96 12
o-Xylene Crago 96 1
Striped Bass 96 1!
Cancer 96 6
p-Xylene Crago 96 2
Striped Bass 96 2
Ethylbenzene Palaemonetes 96 0.5
Striped Bass 96 5
Cancer 96 13
Copepod 24 3.5
Trimethylbenzene Cancer 96 2
Naphthalene Palaemonetes 96 2.5
Salmon Fry 24 I
Amphipod 96 2.5
Neanthes 96 3,5
Paneaus aztecus 24 2.5
Cyprinodon 24 2.5
Methylnaphthalene Palaemonetes 96 1
Cancer 96 •>
Copepod 96 1.5
Penaeus aztecus 24 0.5
Cyprinodon 24 3.5
Copepod 24 2
Source: after National Research Council, 1985.
Copyright © 1985, National Academy of Sciences.
Courtesy of National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.