Effects of temperature on aquatic organism sensitivity to selected chemicals

摘要: This research evaluates the effect of temperature on sensitivity food web organisms to selected chemicals. Test included planktonic algae, zooplankton, microbenthos, macrobenthos, and fishes. The chemicals used were copper, zinc, chromate, chlorine, cyanide, phenol. test these was studied over a range 5 35C. specific temperatures varied with each species. Results indicate considerable variation in species, depending chemical temperature. Generally, algal responses thermal species question. invertebrates usually exhibited classic response increased at higher temperatures.