Abstract
AbstractThe acute (96‐h) toxicity of copper sulfate to fathead minnows was tested in a 2 × 2 factorial experiment, with factors being low (ca. 1 meq/L) and high (ca. 4 meq/L) water hardness during an acclimation period and low and high hardness during the exposure period. Acclimation hardness was found to have no significant effects on copper lethality, except that the 24‐h LC50 at high exposure hardness was 44% higher for fish subject to low acclimation hardness than fish subject to high acclimation hardness. In contrast, exposure hardness was found to have major effects, with LC50s being two to three times greater at high exposure hardness than at low, regardless of the acclimation hardness. These results suggest that the extent of the acclimation period is not a general, severely confounding factor for previous reports of the effects of hardness on copper toxicity to fish, although it may assume some importance for some species and test conditions.
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