Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The effect of malathion on the temperature selection response of the common shiner,Notropis cornutus (Mitchill)

  • Published:
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Warm-(17°C) and cold-acclimated (8°C) young-of-the-year, 1-year-old, and 2-year-old common shiners,Notropis cornutus (Mitchill) were exposed for 24 hr to sublethal doses (1.0, 0.25, and 0.05μg/L) of malathion to determine the effect of environmental concentrations of this compound on temperature selection. All three factors studied (acclimation temperature, age, and concentration) were found to affect the temperature selection response of malathion-treated fish. Malathion produced dose-dependent decreases in selected temperature (1.9° to 4.3°C below controls) in 17°C-acclimated fish but not in 8°C-acclimated fish. Two-year-olds treated with 1.0μg/L displayed the greatest lowering of selected temperature, followed by two-year-olds treated with 0.25μg/L. One-year-olds treated with 1.0μg/L showed a slight lowering, while no downward shifts in selected temperature were found for young-of-the-year. Exposure to 0.05μg/L had no effect on any age group.

Two-year-olds acclimated to 17°C and exposed to 1.0μg/L malathion for 24 hr were placed in clean water and allowed to recover from the pesticide. It was found that the lowered selected temperature induced by malathion returned to that of the controls in 24 hr.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Anderson, J. M.: Assessment of the effects of pollutants on physiology and behavior. II. Sublethal effects and changes in ecosystems. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond.B177, 307 (1971).

    Google Scholar 

  • Bender, M. E.: Uptake and retention of malathion by the carp. Progr. Fish-Cult.31, 155 (1969).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Buhler, D. R., and W. E. Shanks: Influence of body weight on chronic oral DDT toxicity in coho salmon. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.27, 347 (1970).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Corbett, J. R.: The biochemical mode of action of pesticides. New York: Academic Press (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  • Darsie, R. F., and R. E. Corriden: The toxicity of malathion to killifish (Cyprinodontidae) in Delaware. J. Econ. Entomol.52, 696 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

  • Doudoroff, P.: The resistance and acclimation of marine fishes to temperature changes. I. Experiments withGirella nigricans (Ayers). Biol. Bull.83, 219 (1942).

    Google Scholar 

  • Elson, P. F.: Effects on wild young salmon of spraying DDT over New Brunswick forests. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.24, 731 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  • Environmental Studies Board, National Academy of Engineering: Water quality criteria.National Academy of Sciences, Washington (1972).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ferguson, R. G.: The preferred temperature of fish and their midsummer distribution in temperature lakes and streams. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.15, 607 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  • Fisher, K. C., and P. F. Elson: The selected temperature of Atlantic salmon and speckled trout and the effect of temperature on the response to an electrical stimulus. Physiol. Zool.23, 28 (1950).

    Google Scholar 

  • Foerster, R. E.: The relation of temperature to the seaward migration of young sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.3, 421 (1937).

    Google Scholar 

  • Fry, F. E. J.: Effects of environmental factors. In Hoar, W. S., and D. S. Randall (eds.), Fish physiology. Vol. 6. New York: Academic Press (1971).

    Google Scholar 

  • Fry, F. E. J., and J. S. Hart: Cruising speed of goldfish in relation to water temperature. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.7, 169 (1948).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gardner, D. R.: The effect of some DDT and methoxychlor analogs on temperature selection and lethality in brook trout fingerlings. Pestic. Biochem. Physiol.2, 437 (1973).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Giles, R. H.: The ecology of a small forested watershed treated with the insecticide malathion-S35. Wildlife Monogr. No. 24 (1970).

  • Graham, J. M.: Some effects of temperature and oxygen pressure on the metabolism and activity of the speckled trout,Salvelinus fontinalis. Can. J. Res. D27, 270 (1949).

    Google Scholar 

  • Guerrant, G. O., L. E. Fetzer, Jr., and J. W. Miles: Pesticide residues in Hale County, Texas, before and after ultra-low volume aerial application of malathion. Pestic. Monit. J.4, 14 (1970).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hatfield, C. T., and J. M. Anderson: Effects of two insecticides on the vulnerability of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr to brook trout (Slvelinus fontinalis) predation. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.29, 27 (1972).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hatfield, C. T., and P. H. Johansen: Effects of four insecticides on the ability of Atlantic salmon parr (Salmo salar) to learn and retain a simple conditioned response. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.29, 315 (1972).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hogan, J. W., and C. O. Knowles: Some enzymatic properties of brain acetylcholinesterase from bluegill and channel catfish. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.25, 615 (1968).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Holden, A. V.: A study of the absorption of C14-labelled DDT from water by fish. Ann. Appl. Biol.50, 467 (1962).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Horning, W. B., and R. E. Pearson: Growth, temperature requirements and lower lethal temperatures for juvenile smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui). J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.30, 1226 (1973).

    Google Scholar 

  • Javaid, M. Y.: Effect of DDT on temperature selection of some salmonids. Pakistan J. Sci. Ind. Res.15, 171 (1972).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Johnson, D.: Pesticides and fishes—A review of selected literature. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.97, 398 (1968).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lagler, K. F., J. E. Bardach, and R. R. Miller: Ichthyology. New York: John Wiley and Sons (1962).

    Google Scholar 

  • Macek, K. J., and W. A. McAllister: Insecticide susceptibility of some common fish family representatives. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.99, 20 (1970).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Macek, K. J., D. F. Walsh, J. W. Hogan, and D. D. Holz: Toxicity of the insecticide Dursban to fish and aquatic invertebrates in ponds. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.101, 420 (1972).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Meldrim, J. W., and J. J. Gift: Temperature preference, avoidance and shock experiments with estuarine fishes. Middletown, Delaware: Ichthyological Associates Bull. 7 (1971).

  • Mount, D. I.: Developing thermal requirements for freshwater fishes. In Krenkel, P. A., and F. L. Parker (eds.). Biological aspects of thermal pollution. Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Press (1969).

    Google Scholar 

  • Mount, D. I., and C. E. Stephan: A method for establishing acceptable toxicant limits for fish-malathion and the butoxyethanol ester of 2,4-D. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.96, 185 (1967).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mount, D. I., and C. E. Stephan: Chronic toxicity of copper to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) in soft water. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.26, 2449 (1969).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Murphy, P. G., and J. V. Murphy: Correlations between respiration and direct uptake of DDT in the mosquitofishGambusia affinis. Bull. Environ. Contain. Toxicol.6, 581 (1971).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Neill, W. H., and J. J. Magnuson: Distributional ecology and behavioral thermoregulation of fishes in relation to heated effluent from a power plant at Lake Monona, Wisconsin. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.103, 663 (1974).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Norris, K. S.: The functions of temperature in the ecology of the percoid fishGirella nigricans (Ayres). Ecol. Monogr.33, 23 (1963).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ogilvie, D. M., and J. M. Anderson: Effect of DDT on temperature selection by young Atlantic salmon,Salmo salar. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.22, 503 (1965).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ogilvie, D. M., and J. N. Fryer. Effect of sodium pentobarbital on the temperature selection response of guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Can. J. Zool.49, 949 (1971).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Peterson, R. H.: Influence of fenitrothion on swimming velocities of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.31, 1757 (1974).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pickering, Q. H., C. Henderson, and A. E. Lemke: The toxicity of organic phosphorus insecticides to different species of warmwater fishes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.91, 175 (1962).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Post, G., and T. R. A. Leasure: Sublethal effect of malathion to three salmonid species. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.12, 312 (1974).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Post, G., and T. R. Schroeder. The toxicity of four insecticides to four salmonid species. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.6, 144 (1971).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rand, M. C., A. E. Greenberg, and M. J. Taras (eds.): Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 14th ed. Washington: American Public Health Association (1975).

    Google Scholar 

  • Saunders, R. L.: The irrigation of the gills in fishes. II. Efficiency of oxygen uptake in relation to respiratory flow, activity and concentrations of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Can. J. Zool.40, 817 (1962).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Smith, M. W., and J. W. Saunders: Movement of brook trout,Salvelinus fontinalis, between and within fresh and salt water. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.15, 1403 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  • Sprague, J. B.: Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish. I. Bioassay methods for acute toxicity. Water Res.3, 793 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sprague, J. B.: Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish. III. Sublethal effects and ‘safe’ concentrations. Water Res.5, 245 (1971).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sullivan, C. M.: Temperature reception and responses in fish. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.11, 153 (1954).

    Google Scholar 

  • Sylvester, J. R.: Possible effects of thermal effluents on fish: A review. Environ. Poll.3, 205 (1972).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Symons, P. E. K.: Behavior of young Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) exposed to or force-fed fenitrothion, an organophosphate insecticide. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can.30, 651 (1973).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ulvestad, D. A., and J. H. Zar: The preferred temperature of the common shiner,Notropis cornutus (Mitchill), in relation to age, size, season, and nutritional state. Ohio J. Sci.77, 170 (1977).

    Google Scholar 

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Quality criteria for water. Prepublication version, July 1976.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington (1976).

    Google Scholar 

  • U.S. National Technical Advisory Committee: Report of the National Technical Advisory Committee on water quality criteria to the Secretary of the Interior. Washington:U.S. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  • Weiss, C. M.: Physiological effect of organic phosphorus insecticides on several species of fish. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.90, 143 (1961).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Weiss, C. M.: Use of fish to detect organic insectides in water. Water Poll. Contr. Fed. J.37, 647 (1965).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Weiss, C. M., and J. H. Gakstatter: Detection of pesticides in water by biochemical assay. Water Poll. Contr. Fed. J.36, 240 (1964).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wildish, D. J., and N. A. Lister: Biological effects of fenitrothion in the diet of brook trout. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.10, 333 (1973).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zar, J. H.: Biostatistical analysis. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall (1974).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. Andrea M. Domanik

    Present address: Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Environmental Impact, 53707, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, 60115, DeKalb, Illinois, USA

    Andrea M. Domanik & Jerrold H. Zar

Authors
  1. Andrea M. Domanik
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jerrold H. Zar
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Domanik, A.M., Zar, J.H. The effect of malathion on the temperature selection response of the common shiner,Notropis cornutus (Mitchill). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 7, 193–206 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02332048

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02332048

Keywords

Search

Navigation