Toxicity of Various Formulations of 2,4-D to Salmonids in Southeast Alaska

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Meehan, William R., Norris, Logan A., Sears, Howard S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: General Medicine; Sockeye; Varden; Pink salmon; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f74-083; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f74-083

To determine acute toxicity to juvenile (1) pink, chum, coho, and sockeye salmon, (2) Dolly Varden char, and (3) rainbow trout, 2,4-D acid, butyl and isooctyl esters were tested in southeast Alaska. A comparable test was made in Oregon using coho salmon fingerlings. The mean percent mortality after...