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dc.contributor.authorMakarewicz, Joseph C.
dc.contributor.authorButtner, Joseph K.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Theodore W.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T17:41:17Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T17:41:17Z
dc.date.issued1993-01-01
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2340
dc.description.abstractFish with no detectable levels of the contaminant mirex were grown in Lake Ontario waters under conditions simulating commercial aquaculture. Benthic black bullheads (Ameiurus me/as) were grown in cages placed in a bay of the lake. Pelagic rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were grown in terrestrial raceways served with Lake Ontario waters. Contaminant-free fingerlings were reared to a large size on a commercial ration in these systems, which partially isolated them from the contaminant-laden food web and bottom sediments. Black bullheads fed a mirex-spiked, commercially prepared food had mirex concentrations that exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) action level of 0.1 p,g/g, significantly higher than concen, trations in fish receiving the same commercial food without mirex. Ninety percent offish receiving the unspiked ration had nondetectable levels of mirex (values below 0.002 p,g/g). The 10% containing mirex had concentrations 94% below FDA action level. In the rainbow trout study, 97% of the fish had no detectable levels ofmirex. This investigation demonstrated that bioaccumulation of the lipophilic contaminant mirex by fish cultured under simulated commercial conditions in Lake Ontario waters was not significant. These findings have implications for commercial aquaculture, regulatory decisions, and health-conscious fish consumers in the Great Lakes Basin.
dc.subjectSWRA
dc.titleUptake and Retention of Mirex By Fish Maintained on Formulated and Natural Diets in Lake Ontario Waters
dc.typearticle
dc.source.journaltitleProgressive Fish-Culturist
dc.source.volume55
dc.source.issue3
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T17:41:17Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitleEnvironmental Science and Ecology Faculty Publications
dc.contributor.organizationThe College at Brockport
dc.languate.isoen_US


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