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Water Quality
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Fluoride
Table 5.7 Fresh Water Aquatic
Life LC50 Data for Hardness vs. Fluoride
Hard.
in mg/L
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Fluoride
in mg/L
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Reference
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Conditions
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Organisms
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17
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51
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Pimental & Bulkley,
1983a
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12°C,
96-h
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Oncorhynchus
mykiss, 2g,
|
49
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128
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Pimental & Bulkley,
1983a
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12°C,
96-h
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Oncorhynchus
mykiss, 6 cm
|
182
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140
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Pimental & Bulkley,
1983a
|
12°C,
96-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
385
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193
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Pimental & Bulkley,
1983a
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12°C,
96-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
44*
|
5.9-7.5
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Angelovic et
al., 1961b
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7.2°C,
240-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
44*
|
2.6-6.0
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Angelovic et
al., 1961b
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12.8°C,
240-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
44*
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2.3-7.3
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Angelovic et
al., 1961b
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18.3°C,
240-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
12
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8.5
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Herbert & Shurben,
1964
|
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Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
12*
|
150-200
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Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
25°C
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Rana
pipiens, frog
|
169.3
|
335
|
Fieser et
al., 1986
|
15°C,
48-h
|
Daphnia
magna
|
169.3
|
284
|
Fieser et
al., 1986
|
20°C,
48-h
|
Daphnia
magna
|
169.3
|
220
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Fieser et
al., 1986
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25°C,
48-h
|
Daphnia
magna
|
44*
|
2.7-4.7
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Neuhold & Sigler,
1960
|
12.8°C,
(480-h)
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
73
|
20
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Wright,
1977
|
12°C,
(96-h)
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Salmo
trutta, brown trout
|
73
|
33
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Wright,
1977
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12°C,
(48-h)
|
Salmo
trutta, brown trout
|
73
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60
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Wright,
1977
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12°C,
(12-h)
|
Salmo
trutta, brown trout
|
4.9
|
38.5
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Spohn,
1984
|
96-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
49.7
|
45.6
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Spohn,
1984
|
96-h
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
96.4
|
77.0
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Spohn,
1984
|
96-h
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Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
173
|
680
|
Leblanc,
1980
|
24-h,
22°C
|
Daphnia
magna
|
173
|
340
|
Leblanc,
1980
|
48-h,
22°C
|
Daphnia
magna
|
78
|
340
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Smith et
al., 1985
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96-h,
20°C
|
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
|
146
|
380
|
Smith et
al., 1985
|
96-h,
20°C
|
Gasterosteus
aculeatus
|
300
|
460
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Smith et
al., 1985
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96-h,
20°C
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Gasterosteus
aculeatus
|
23-62
|
200
|
Smith et
al., 1985
|
96-h,
15°C
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
20-48
|
315
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Smith et
al., 1985
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96-h,
16-20°C
|
Pimephales
promelas
|
20-44
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315
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Smith et
al., 1985
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96-h,
15-19°C
|
Pimephales
promelas
|
92
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180
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Smith et
al., 1985
|
96-h,
20°C
|
Pimephales
promelas
|
256
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205
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Smith et
al., 1985
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96-h,
20°C
|
Pimephales
promelas
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* Estimated value, see
Table 5.4. Gasterosteus aculeatus-stickleback, Oncorhynchus-rainbow
trout, Pimephales-fathead minnow. NaF used.
 
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