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Water Quality
Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Fluoride
Table 5.8 Fresh Water Aquatic
Life non-LC50 Data for Hardness vs. Fluoride
Hard.
in mg/L
|
Fluoride
in mg/L
|
Reference
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Conditions
|
Organisms
|
44*
|
_
|
Angelovic et al.,
1961b
|
all
died, 23.8°C
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
12
|
4.0
|
Herbert & Shurben,
1964
|
LC5
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
45
|
113
|
Herbert & Shurben,
1964
|
all
died
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
45
|
75
|
Herbert & Shurben,
1964
|
no
deaths
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
320
|
200
|
Herbert & Shurben,
1964
|
all
died
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
320
|
100
|
Herbert & Shurben,
1964
|
no
deaths
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
12*
|
5-40
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
no
deaths, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
12*
|
50
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
5%
died in 20-d, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
12*
|
100
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
25%
died in 30-d, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
12*
|
150
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
35%
died in 30-d, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
12*
|
200
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
63%
died in 30-d, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
12*
|
250
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
100%
died in 30-d, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
12*
|
300
|
Kaplan et
al., 1964
|
100%
died in 30-d, 25°C
|
Rana
pipiens, frog
|
250
|
205
|
Dave,
1984
|
24-h
EC50, 20°C
|
Daphnia
magna
|
250
|
98
|
Dave,
1984
|
48-h
EC50, 20°C
|
Daphnia
magna
|
250
|
9
|
Dave,
1984
|
21-d,
reduced survival
|
Daphnia
magna
|
250
|
4.4
|
Dave,
1984
|
21-d,
reduced growth and reproduction
|
Daphnia
magna
|
170*
|
1000
|
Ellis,
1937
|
all
died in 60-h
|
goldfish
|
44*
|
looo
|
Ellis,
1937
|
all
died in 12-h
|
goldfish
|
170*
|
100
|
Ellis,
1937
|
no
effect in 4-d
|
goldfish
|
44*
|
226
|
Holland et
al., 1960
|
1
died in 35-h
|
Silver
salmon
|
320
|
100
|
Vallin,
1968
|
21
day survival
|
Oncorhynchus
mykiss
|
44*
|
5.0
|
Sanders & Cope,
1966
|
48-h
EC50, **
|
Daphnia
pulex
|
44*
|
10.0
|
Sanders & Cope,
1966
|
48-h
EC50, **
|
Simocephelus
serrulatus
|
170*
|
307
|
LeBlanc,
1980
|
24-h
EC50
|
Daphnia
magna
|
170*
|
154
|
LeBlanc,
1980
|
48-h
EC50
|
Daphnia
magna
|
170*
|
50
|
LeBlanc,
1980
|
no
effect
|
Daphnia
magna
|
170*
|
122
|
Bringman & Kuhn,
1959b
|
48-h
ECl00
|
Daphnia
magna
|
* Estimated value, see
Table 5.4. Oncorhynchus-rainbow trout, Simocephelus -daphnia.
**Na3AlF6 used, NaF used for the others.
 
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