Acute toxicity and clotting times of anticoagulant rodenticides to red-toothed (Odonus niger) and black (Melichthys niger) triggerfish, fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Publication Date

2020-03-02

Start Date

2014-09-01

End Date

2018-09-01

Riegerix, R.C., Tillitt, D.E., Tanner, M.J., and Gale, R.W., 2020, Acute toxicity and clotting times of anticoagulant rodenticides to red-toothed (Odonus niger) and black (Melichthys niger) triggerfish, fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QRI492.

Type: Related Primary Publication

Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are used in rat eradication efforts on island wildlife refuges. AR bait pellets can get into coral reef areas during broadcasting and lead to exposure of non-target organisms, such as marine fishes. The objective of this study was to determine the sensitivity of representative saltwater fishes, Red-toothed triggerfish (Odonus niger) and Black triggerfish (Melichthys niger), and common freshwater fishes, fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) to first generation ARs, diphacinone (DPN) and chlorophacinone (CPN), as well as a second-generation AR, brodifacoum (BROD). The data was collected to determine acute toxicity of ARs to fish species. Future researchers will be able to use this data to understand fish exposure.

• Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
• USGS Data Release Products

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