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Assessment of the Sensitivity of Percina caprodes (Logperch) to the Pesticide 4-Nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol

Open-File Report 2024-1064
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sea Lamprey Control Program
By: , , , , and 
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20241064

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Abstract

A continuous-flow streamside toxicity test was completed to evaluate the risk posed by the use of 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol (TFM), used to control Petromyzon marinus (sea lamprey), to Percina caprodes (logperch). Logperch are a host fish to the parasitic glochidia life stage of the federally endangered Epioblasma triquetra (snuffbox mussel). Streams with an extant population of snuffbox must be treated before May 1, 2023, to prevent inadvertent take through TFM-related mortality of glochidia-infested fish. Although the concentration of TFM required to induce 99.9 percent mortality of sea lamprey was 6.52 milligrams per liter, the TFM required to induce 25 percent mortality of logperch was 10.14 milligrams per liter. Our data indicate that logperch are not as sensitive to TFM as previously suggested.

Suggested Citation

Kirkeeng, C.A., Luoma, J.A., Schloesser, N., Schueller, J., and Kaye, C., 2024, Assessment of the sensitivity of Percina caprodes (logperch) to the pesticide 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2024–1064, 7 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20241064.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of the sensitivity of Percina caprodes (logperch) to the pesticide 4-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2024-1064
DOI 10.3133/ofr20241064
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Description Report: vi, 7 p.; Data Release
Country United States
State Michigan
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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