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Table AX7-2.5.2 (cont’d). Essential Ecological Attributes for Natural Aquatic Ecosystems Affected by Lead
Category Species Condition Measures
Ecosystems and
Communities-
Community
Dynamics and
Trophic Structure
Macroinvertebrate
Community
Lead in tissues and
sediment not correlated
to diversity and
richness
Fish Community Lead in tissues and
sediment not correlated
to diversity and
richness
Snails and tadpoles Lead affected predatorprey
interactions
Snails and caddisflies No avoidance of
predator by snail.
Caddisfly did respond
to predator
Fathead minnow Feeding behavior
altered
Exposure
Medium Location
Sediment
and whole
organism
residue
Sediment
and whole
organism
residue
Aquashicola Creek
tributaries, Palmerton,
PA
Aquashicola Creek
tributaries, Palmerton,
PA
Sediment Outdoor miniecosystems
Water Field microcosm for
snail; in-stream
disturbance for
caddisfly
Exposure
Concentrations
7.5–59.5 mg/kg dw
(sediment)
0.25-6.03 mg/kg dw
(macroinvertebrates)
7.5–59.5 mg/kg dw
(sediment)
0.1-0.86 mg/kg dw
(fish)
Other
Metals
Present Reference
Y Carline and Jobsis
(1993)
Y Carline and Jobsis
(1993)
Not cited Y Lefcort et al. (1999)
27.7–277.6 mg/kg
dw (snail tissue)
223–13,507 mg/kg
dw (caddisfly tissue)
Y Lefcort et al. (2000)
Water Laboratory microcosm 0.5–1.0 mg/L N Weber (1996)
American toad No avoidance of lead Water Laboratory microcosm 0.5–1.0 mg/L N Steele et al. (1991)
Mummichog Feeding behavior
altered and predator
avoidance affected
Water Laboratory 0.3–1.0 mg/L N Weis and Weis
(1998)