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Acute toxicity of isomers of the pyrethroid insecticide deltamethrin and its major degradation products to Daphnia magna / by K.E. Day, R. James Maguire.En13-5/89-161E-PDF

"The acute toxicities (4-h, 24-h and 48-h) of eight stereoisomers and four major breakdown products of deltamethrin to D. magna were determined. Parent deltamethrin (isomer 1) was the most toxic, with EC50 values in the range 0.05-1.75 ug/L, concentrations which have been observed in the surface microlayer and subsurface water in field studies. The other three isomers (2-, 3- and 4-deltamethrin) were two- to tenfold less toxic than 1-deltamethrin. Isomers 1', 2', 3' and 4' plus the four breakdown product studied displayed no significant toxicity. Since 1-deltamethrin can be converted in natural water to 2', 3- and 4'- deltamethrin, and since 3-deltamethrin is toxic to D. magna, this isomerization is only a partial detoxification step as far as some aquatic organisms are concerned"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • National Water Research Institute (Canada). Rivers Research Branch.
  • Canada Centre for Inland Waters.
TitleAcute toxicity of isomers of the pyrethroid insecticide deltamethrin and its major degradation products to Daphnia magna / by K.E. Day, R. James Maguire.
Series title
  • NWRI contribution ; 89-161
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • "RRB 89-84."
  • Title from cover.
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes abstract and management perspective in English and French.
Publishing information
  • Burlington, Ontario : National Water Research Institute, Rivers Research Branch, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, November 1989.
Author / Contributor
  • Day, Kristin E. (Kristin Elizabeth)author.
  • Maguire, R. J. (R. James)author.
Description1 online resource (11 pages, 2 unnumbered pages).
Catalogue number
  • En13-5/89-161E-PDF
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