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The uptake of Manganese-54 by green algae (Protococcoidal chlorella), Daphnia magna, and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

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Concentration factors (CF) of 54Mn for three aquatic species: green algae (Protococcoidal chlorella), Daphnia magna, and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) were determined following direct exposure to the isotope in solution. The maximum accumulation (CF = 911) in P. chlorella was reached at 48 hours of exposure; the maximum uptake (CF = 65) in Daphnia was reached at 8 hours of exposure; and the maximum accumulation (CF = 22.6) in fathead minnows was at 128 hours of exposure. The data indicate that 54Mn accumulation decreases with ascent up a theoretical aquatic food chain when water is the only source of contamination.

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  1. G. M. Kwasnik, R. J. Vetter & G. J. Atchison

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    G. M. Kwasnik, R. J. Vetter & G. J. Atchison

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Kwasnik, G.M., Vetter, R.J. & Atchison, G.J. The uptake of Manganese-54 by green algae (Protococcoidal chlorella), Daphnia magna, and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Hydrobiologia 59, 181–185 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036496

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