Toxicity of ammonia to nine native New Zealand freshwater invertebrate species

✍ Scribed by C. W. Hickey; M. L. Vickers

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 696 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4341
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00203554

✦ Synopsis

The toxic concentration for un-ionized ammonia (NH3) was assessed for nine native New Zealand invertebrate species. The 96-h ECso values at 15°C and pH 7.6 and pH 8.2 ranged from 0.18 to >0.8 g/m 3 NH 3. The rank of species