United Statos
Environmental Protection
Agency
Environmental Research
Laboratory
Gulf Breeze FL 32561
EPA-600/3-79-104
September 1979
Research and Development
Kepone® Effects on
Development of
Callinectes sapid us
and Rhithropanopeus
harrisii

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         KEPONE® EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT OF
CALLINECTES SAPIDUS AND RHITHROPANOPEUS HARISII
                       by

             Cazlyn G. Bookhout and
              John D. Costlow, Jr.
                 Duke University
               Durham, N.C.  27706

                        and
                  Robert Monroe
          North Carolina State University
               Raleigh, N.C.  27607
                Grant No. R-803838
                 Project Officer

            Dana Beth Tyler-Schroeder
         Environmental Research Laboratory
       U.S.  Environmental  Protection Agency
           Gulf Breeze, Florida  32561
         ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
         OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
       U.S.  ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
          GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA  32561

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                                 DISCLAIMER
     This report has been reviewed by the Environmental Research
Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, U.S. Environmental  Protection Agency, and
approved for publication.  Approval does not signify that the contents
necessarily reflect the views and policies of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commerical products
constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
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                                   FOREWORD
     The protection of our estuarine and coastal areas from damage caused by
toxic organic pollutants requires that regulations restricting the introduc-
tion of these compounds into the environment be formulated on a sound scienti
fie basis.  Accurate information describing dose-response relationships for
organisms and ecosystems under varying conditions is required.  The EPA
Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, contributes to this informa-
tion through research programs aimed at determining:

     "the effects of toxic organic pollutants on individual species and
      communities of organisms

     'the effects of toxic organics on ecosystem processes and components

     "the significance of chemical carcinogens in the estuarine and marine
      envi ronments

     The investigation described in this report sought to determine the sub-
lethal  and acutely toxic effects of the pesticide Kepone^' on the mud crab,
Rhithorpanopeus harrisii (Gould), and the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
Rathbun, during larval development and early crab stages.  These data should
contribute to our knowledge of Kepone^ concentrations affecting larval  sur-
vival,  length of larval development, molting, and ultimately the population
biology of the two species.
                                       Thomas W. Duke
                                       Director
                                       Environmental Research Laboratory
                                       Gulf Breeze, Florida
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                                  ABSTRACT

     Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the effect of
Kepone on the development of Callinectes sapidus from the time of hatching
until the 1st crab stage.  For comparison, similar investigations were
made to ascertain the effects of Kepone on larval development of
Rhithropanopeus harrisii.

     Of the concentrations tested, 35, 50, 65,and 80 parts per billion (ppb)
Kepone were found to be sublethal and 95, 110,and 125 ppb Kepone were acutely
toxic to R.. harrisii larvae; whereas 0.1, 0.5,and 0.75 were sublethal and
1.0 ppb Kepone was acutely toxic to C_. sapidus larvae.  The duration of zoeal
development and total time from hatching to 1st crab were in general
prolonged with concentration in f^. harrisii; whereas, in C_. sapidus, no
significant relationship could be detected between Kepone concentration and
duration of zoeal development, but there was a significant relationship
to 1st crab.  The developmental stages in which the larvae are particularly
sensitive differ in the two species.'

     This report was submitted in fulfillment of Grant No. R803838 by Duke
University under the sponsorship of the Environmental Protection Agency.
This report covers the period August 30, 1977, to May 31, 1979, and work
was completed as of July 30, 1979.
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                                 CONTENTS
Foreword	iii
Abstract	iv
Figures	vi
Tables	vii
Acknowledgments  	   viii

     1.   Introduction 	    1
     2.   Summary and Conclusions  	    3
     3.   Recommendations  	    4
     4.   Materials and Methods  	    6
     5.   Types of Statistical Analyses  	    8
     6.   Results	11
     7.   Discussion	26

References	31
Glossary	*	34
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                                  FIGURES


Number                                                                   Page

  1        Effect of Kepone concentration on survival of R_.  harrisii  .  .   14

  2       Duration, zoeal development and hatch to crab in
          R_. harrisii vs concentration of Kepone	   16

  3       Effect of Kepone on rate of molting from hatch  to megalopa
          and hatch to crab in R_. harrisii  	   18

  4       Effect of Kepone on mortality by stages of development
          of R^. harrisii  	   19

  5       Effect of Kepone concentration on survival of C_.  sapidus   .  .   21

  6       Duration of hatch to 1st crab in C_. sapidus vs.
          concentration of Kepone 	   23

  7       Effect of Kepone on mortality by stages of C_. sapidus  ....   25
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                                   TABLES
Number                                                                Page

  1   Effects of Kepone on percent survival and duration in days
     through zoeal and megalopa development in Rhithropanopeus
     harrisii IX, X, XIII, XIV and XVII	   12

  2  Average percent survival and average duration in days of zoeal
     and megalopa development in R^. harrisii reared in acetone
     control and different concentrations of Kepone	   13

  3  Percent mortality in developmental stages of R_.  harrisii. ...   17

  4  Effects of Kepone on percent survival and duration in days
     through zoeal and megalopa development of Callinectes sapidus
     XII, XIII and XIV	   20

  5  Average percent survival and average duration in days of zoeal
     and megalopa development of C^. sapidus reared in acetone
     control and different concentrations of Kepone	   22

  6  Percent mortality in developmental stages of C_.  sapidus ....   24
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                               ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
     The help of Dr.  Adam Zsolnay,  Chemist at  Duke  University Marine
Laboratory, is gratefully acknowledged.

     The technical  assistance of Mrs.  Sally Herring and  Mr.  Joe  Goy and
the untiring efforts  of Mrs.  Norma  Jean  Buck in  typing the manuscript
are greatly appreciated.
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                                  SECTION 1

                                INTRODUCTION


     Kepon
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 (1977) studied the chronic effects of Kepone on embryo, fry, juvenile and
 adult sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegatus).  The only life history
 toxicity tests on a malacostracan crustacean have been made on mysids,
 Mysidopsis bahia (Nimmo et_ aj_., 1977).  In a 19-day bioassay survival was
 reduced from 84.4% in 0.39 yg/1 to 0% in 8.7 yg/1 Kepone.  Sublethal effects
 included reduction in young, delay in formation of brood pouches, delay
 in release of young and reduced growth.

     As far as known, there have been no publications on the effects of
 Kepone on the complete development of any crab.  The objectives of the
 current investigation, therefore, are to determine the limits of concen-
 tration of Kepone within which the mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould)
 and the blue crab,  Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, can be reared from the time
 of hatching until the 1st crab is reached, and to ascertain the sublethal
 and acutely toxic concentrations of Kepone.   From these studies, it should
 be possible to determine if there are sublethal effects, and if there are
 one or more larval  stages of development which are particularly sensitive.
A final  objective is to determine if there is a statistically significant
 effect of Kepone on survival  to megalopa and to first crab, duration from
 hatching to megalopa and to 1st crab, and cumulative mortality by stages of
development of R_. harrisii  and C. sapidus.
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                                   SECTION 2

                            SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1.   Differential survival of Rhithropanopeus harrisii from hatching to 1st
     crab stage occurred in a range  of concentrations of Kepone from 35 to
     125 ppb.  Concentrations were sublethal from 35 to 80 ppb and acutely
     toxic from 95 to 125 ppb.  Statistical analysis indicated a 15?; decrease
     in survival for each 10 ppb increase in Kepone in the range of 30 to 100
     ppb Kepone.

2. „  Differential survival of Callinectes sapidus from hatching to 1st crab
     stage occurred in a range of concentrations of Kepone from 0.1 to 1.0
     ppb.  Concentrations were sublethal from 0.1 to 0.75 ppb and were acutely
     toxic at 1.0 ppb.  Statistical  analysis indicated a decrease of 2.2c,'o
     in survival for each 0.1 ppb increase in Kepone in the range of 0.1  to
     0.8 ppb Kepone.

3.   In R^. harrisi i, the time from hatching to megalopa and hatching to 1st
     crab is generally prolonged with each concentration of Kepone from 35 to
     100 ppb, primarily due to prolongation of zoeal development.  Statistical
     analysis indicates that, for every 10 ppb Kepone added, duration from
     hatching to 1st crab stage is increased by 0.391 j^ 0.043 days.

4.-  In C_. sapidus, no significant relation could be detected between Kepone
     concentration and duration of zoeal development; however, a significant
     linear relationship was established between Kepone levels and duration
     to 1st crab.  For each increase of 0.1 ppb, the duration from hatching
     to 1st crab is prolonged by 0.38 +_ 0.10 days.

5.   The 1st and 2nd zoeal stages of R_. harrisii were the most sensitive
     developmental stages to Kepone, and thereafter there was less mortality
     among the remaining resistant larvae.

6.   The 1st zoeal stage of C_. sapidus was not sensitive, statistically,  to
     any concentration of Kepone tested.  In zoeal stages II, III, and IV,
     there were significant increases in mortality over the previous stage
     in all  concentrations and in the control.  There was a trend of
     increasing mortality with concentration, but only in the highest
     concentration (1.0 ppb) was the mortality significantly greater than
     in the control.
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                                 SECTION  3

                               RECOMMENDATIONS

1.   It is important to determine the effects of Kepone on the ]arval
     development of R_. harrisii in the middle estuary of the James and on
     the development of C_. sapidus in the lower Chesapeake Bay, because
     larvae are a natural component of the food chain in these waters  and any
     detrimental effect of Kepone on developmental  stages will reduce  the
     adult population.  Therefore, larvae should not be disregarded when
     safe water standards for estuaries are set.

2.   To determine the effect of Kepone on the development of crabs in  the
     field, there should be an annual program of monitoring sediment,  water
     and zooplankton for Kepone.  Residue analyses  should be made of adult
     R_. harrisii and C_. sapidus, their eggs and larvae at periodic intervals
     throughout the breeding season.

3.   With reliable field data available, laboratory experiments should be
     designed to simulate field conditions.  The concentration of Kepone
     in eggs of each species could be obtained from field studies, but the
     additional uptake from seawater and from food, with concentrations
     similar to those in the field, can be determined best through
     laboratory studies.  A correlation of Kepone residues with mortality
     and exposure time should provide an indication of the effect of Kepone
     on larval development of each species in the field.

4.   The current report outlined the effects of Kepone on the development
     of crabs when larvae were reared under optimum temperature and salinity
     conditions.  Further investigation should be made to determine the
     effect of Kepone on the larval development of  crabs when reared in a
     range of salinities and temperatures.  Since there is some evidence
     that larval survival of C_. sapidus is better in the early part of the
     breeding season and that total duration from hatching to 1st crab is
     shorter than in the latter part of the breeding season, further
     experiments should be done to determine if the larvae are more resistant
     to Kepone in the early part of the breeding season than the later part.

5.   Residue analyses of larvae reared in different concentrations of  Kepone
     for varying lengths of time were not a part of the current project,
     but they would have been desirable.  From past experience, we found it
     to be a time-consuming task to obtain 0.20 g of larvae, wet weight,
     in low concentrations of a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide and
     impossible to obtain enough late-stage larvae  in high concentrations
     to make a residue anlaysis.  Methods should be developed, therefore,


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to make accurate residue analyses of insecticides from samples of larvae
weighing less than 0.20 g wet weight.  For a stable compound, such as
Kepone, it would seem useful  to utilize radiolabeled material for such
small samples, especially in a static test.
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                                  SECTION 4

                            MATERIALS AND METHODS
 Preparation

     Preliminary experiments were conducted to determine the range of concen-
 trations to use in definitive chronic experiments on the effect of Kepone
 on the development of the mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould).and the
 blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun.

     Pesticide grade acetone was used as a carrier for Kepone.  Acetone
 control for experiments with Kepone was prepared by adding  1 ml of full
 strength acetone to 999 ml of 20 /oo filtered seawater for  R. harrisii larvae
     -'n
  , j orw /.
and 30 /oo filtered seawater for C_. sapidus larvae to give a final concen-
tration of 1.0  /oo  (parts per thousand).

     Keponen[decachlorooctahydro-l,3,4-metheno-2H-cylobuta[cd] pentalene
2-one) was purchased from Chemical Service, West Chester, PA, as 99% pure,
but analysis at Environmental Research Laboratory, Gulf Breeze, Florida,
indicated 88% purity after exposure to air  (personal communication).  Dr.
Adam Zsolnay, chemist at Duke University Marine Laboratory, prepared stock
solutions by dissolving a known weight of Kepone in pesticide analytical
grade acetone, and different concentrations were made up from this stock
solution.

     For experiments on the effect of Kepone on the development of R_.
harrisij^ 1 ml of stock solutions of 35.0 parts per million (ppm) (mg/1),
50.0 ppm, 65.0 opm, 80.0 ppm, 95.0 ppm,  110.0 ppm and 125.0 ppm was added
to 999 ml of 20 /oo filtered seawater daily to give final concentrations of
35.0 parts per billion (ppb) (yg/1) to 125.0 ppb Kepone.

     For experiments on the effect of Kepone on the development of C^. sapidus
one ml of stock solutions of 0.1 ppm, 0.5 ppm, 0.75 ppm and 1.0 ppm was
added to 999 ml of 30 /oo filtered seawater daily to give final concentra-
tions of 0.1 ppb to 1.0 ppb.


Source of mother crabs and hatching of eggs

     Ovigerous R^.  harrisii, small mud crabs belonging to the family
Xanthidae, were collected in the vicinity of Fort Pierce, Florida, in
February, April, and May  1978.   They were shipped to Beaufort, North
Carolina, by air freight.  Upon arrival at Duke University Marine Laboratory
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 (DUML), Beaufort, North Carolina, each mud crab was placed in a large glass
 finger bowl  (19.4 cm d) containing 20 /oo filtered seawater, the salinity to
 be used during the rearing experiments with Kepone.  Thg ovigerous crabs
 were maintained in a constant temperature cabinet at 25 C and with a light
 regime of 12h light and 12h darkness until hatching of larvae occurred.

     Ovigerous C^. sapidus, commerical blue crabs belonging to family
 Portunidae, were collected off Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina,  in  July 1978.
 The crabs used had black eggs with a visible heart beat.  The method for
 developing eggs has been described previously (Costlow and Bookhout, 1960;
 Bookhout and Costlow, 1975).


 Rearing of larvae

     Five replicate series of R^. harrisii  larvae and three of C^. sapidus
were reared in acetone control and different concentrations of Kepone.  Each
 series of larvae was hatched from a different mother crab.  Series IX of
R_. harrisii was designated as Rh IX and the date of hatch was 2-19-78.  The
dates of the other series are as follows:   Rh X, 2-28-78; Rh XIII, 4-9-78;
Rh XIV, 4-13-78; and Rh XVII, 5-14-78.  Series Cs XII and Cs XIII of £.
sapidus were hatched 7-26-78, and Cs XIV,  7-27-78.  The methods for rearing
larvae of each species in a check series,  10 larvae per finger bowl (8.9 cm
diam), and an' insecticide, were described  previously CBookhout e_t al_., 1976).
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                                  SECTION 5

                STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF
         R. HARRISII AND C. SAPIDUS SUBJECTED TO TREATMENT BY KEPONE
General

     Three types of analysis were done on R_. harrisii and C_. sapidus data:

     (i)  Analysis of survival percentages using survival to megalopa and
to the first crab stage

     (ii)  Analysis of duration of molting for the times to megalopa and to
the first crab stage.  Duration was measured in DAYS and analyzed as such.
In addition a new variable was constructed which has units of reciprocal days
and is therefore proportional to rate of molting.  The exact transform was
RATE = TOO/DAYS where the constant 100 is a convenient scale factor.  In many
biological systems where time is a relevant variable, the use of the reciprocal
transform often simplifies relationships to experimental factors,and when the
variability of the time measurement tends to increase with large values of
time, the reciprocal transform usually has nearly constant variance

     (iii)  Analysis of cumulative mortality by stage of development

     All computations were done using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS)
(Barret_al_., 1976).  PROC GLM (The General Linear Models Procedure) with
least squares means and standard error options was the primary procedure.


Analyses of survival percentages

     The percent survival to raegalopa and to first crab  was  first transformed
to tbe angle Y, such that Sin Y = P (percent survival) or Y = arcsin /P~ =
sin"  /P~.  This transformation tends to stabilize the error variance across
the experiment and may help to linearize the response to the several Kepone
levels (Snedecor and Cochran, 1967).

     The general linear model technique (Searle, 1971) was used to account
for the unequal numbers of replicates at each Kepone level.  The transformed
% survival, Y, was regressed on the several levels of Kepone, the regression
coefficient and its standard error computed, and the deviations from linearity
tested for significant departure from a straight line relationship.  The
implications of this approach is (i) that if a functional relationship  can
be established between a response, say Y, and the concentration of Kepone,


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then the regression coefficient expressed in degrees/ppb Kepone is the most
efficient expression of that relationship, and (ii) if significant departures
from linearity are observed, then the simple model either must be restricted
to that range of concentrations in which the relationship is linear, or
discarded in favor of a more complicated model that contains terms to allow
for the nonlinearity of response.  Linearity in the transformed survival
implies nonlinearity in the relationship between % survival and Kepone concen-
tration; but approximate expressions may be obtained for the rate of change of
% survival with respect to concentration by restricting the range of concen-
trations to one in which the derivatives are nearly constant.  More formally
we have:

Observed,  Y = a + bX, b measured in degrees/ppb.

wanted,    dP/dX, where Y = arcsin /P,
and        dP/dX = dY/dX '  dP/dY =   2b           , °/o/ppb.
Thus, when the quantity /P(l  - P) is approximately constant for a range of P
from 0.10 to 0.90, we can also express the results in the original, and more
familiar, scale of percent.  The constant 57.3 converts angles in degrees
to angles in radians.

     It is appropriate to mention at this point that a "significant"
regression coefficient is one which has been judged not zero and implies
by itself nothing about the biological importance or implications.
Analysis of duration/rate

     The variables analyzed and their abbreviations are:

     DZ = DAYS to megalopa

     RZ = 100/DAYS, the variable proportional  to molting rate measured in
          reciprocal DAYS x 100.

     DC = DAYS to first crab

     RC = 100/DC analogous to RZ.

The general  linear model technique was employed to estimate the regression
coefficients of each of the above variables on the Kepone concentration,
adjusting for unequal replication.  The departure from linearity was tested
at the same time.

     The regression coefficient has units of DAYS/ppb (or 100/DAYS/ppb) and
is said to measure a significant effect of Kepone if it is more than twice
Us estimated standard error.  If, in addition, there is no significant
departure from linearity, it is then the single best expression of the
relationship between molting time (or rate) and Kepone concentration.
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     As noted earlier, the rate variable is often linear with, say, concen-
tration if duration in DAYS is not.  If best linearity is found in Rate (RZ),
then the equivalent value for duration would be obtained by
                         DAYS/ppb = b-) where
                         b = linear regression coefficient of
                             RZ on Concentration (ppb).

This value is clearly not now a constant but an approximate figure may be
obtained by using the average value of RZ for the several Kepone levels
involved.
Analysis of cumulative mortality

     The percent cumulative mortality by stage of development was also
transformed to the angular scale for analysis.  The analysis of these data,
however, had to account for the additional factors STAGE and the STAGE*
CONCENTRATION interaction following the technique for a split-plot analysis
of variance (Cochran and Cox,  1957).  The introduction of another level of
classification required that the error structure be subdivided into two
components usually designated  as the sub-plot error (E, ) and the whole-plot
error (Ea).

     Comparisons of mean mortalities among STAGES at the same concentration
of Kepone were made using standard errors computed from E.  only.  Comparisons
of mean mortalities among concentration levels at the same STAGE or at
different STAGES were made using a weighted standard error involving both
estimates of error.  Specifically the weighted mean square error,
                               w
where c = number of levels of concentration.  Since Ea> Eb then also

     All tests of differences between mean mortalities among STAGES and
CONCENTRATIONS were completed in the transformed scale but the results were
reported in the original percentage scale.
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                                  SECTION 6

                                   RESULTS


EFFECTS OF KEPONE ON DEVELOPMENT OF RHITHROPANOPEUS HARRISII

Survival

     The percent survival to megalopa and to the first crab stage is given
for five series in TABLE 1. The average percent survival  of all  series reared
in various media is given in TABLE 2.  Survival of larvae from hatching to
megalopa and to first crab stage in five replicate series reared in acetone
control only varied from 98 to 100% and 94 to 100%, respectively (TABLE 1).
There was differential survival in concentrations of Kepone from 35 ppb to
125 ppb (TABLE 2).

Statistical analysis of R. harrisii survival

     The results shown in Figure 1 indicate the linear relationship between
the concentration of Kepone and survival to the megalopa, and to 1st crab
stages.  Statistical analyses indicated that:

     (i)  the dose-response relationship is linear only in the range of
          35-110 ppb Kepone.  When the control and 125 ppb survivals are
          included, the deviations from linearity become  significant.

    (ii)  In  the range of 35-100 ppb no significant differences  in the dose-
          response relationship exist between survival from hatching to
          megalopa and survival from hatching to first crab either with
          respect to the slope of the line or the level of survival.  This
          result suggests that survival of megalopa is not affected much by
          the Kepone levels in this range.  The results in Figure 1 are the
          combined data.

          b = -0.9854 +_ 0.0557 degrees decrease in survival
              for the increase of 1 ppb Kepone.

     The b-value here is not easily converted back to the original units
of percent survival, but would correspond approximately to a 15% decrease
in survival  for each 10 ppb Kepone in the range of 30 to  100 ppb concen-
tration.
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    TABLE  1.   EFFECTS  OF  KEPONE  ON  PERCENT  SURVIVAL  AND  DURATION  IN  DAYS  THROUGH  ZOEAL  AND  MEGALOPA DEVELOPMENT

                                        IN  Rhithropanopeus  harrlsil  IX, X,  XIII,  XIV  AND  XVII
rv>
i


Culture mecb'a
Salinity 20 /oo
Temp. 25°C
Acetone
Control



Kepone
35 ppb

Kepone
50 ppb
Kepone
65 ppb



Kepone
80 ppb

Kepone
95 ppb



Kepone
110 ppb


Kepone
125 ppb


Initial No.
of larvae per
per series
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh XIII-5Q
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh X-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
% Survival
to
Megalopa
98
100
98
100
100
90
92
94
78
70
48
80
86
98
48
26
44
4
6
20
0
0
4
6
12
0
0
0
4
0
0

1st Crab
94
98
94
100
98
80
88
90
64
64
32
68
74
94
38
10
26
4
2
16
0
0
4
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
Mean
Zoea
11.20
9.88
10.78
10.10
11.02
12.31
12.04
13.04
11.64
13.91
12.63
11.93
13.33
11.63
15.00
14.77
12.59
15.50
14.00
13.10
-
_
17.50
14.33
15.50
-
-
_
14.50
_
-
duration
i
Megalopa
5.74
6.12
4.82
5.56
6.29
5.90
5.55
5.73
5.34
6.00
5.94
5.91
6.76
6.02
7.21
6.60
5.46
6.00
6.00
6.25
_
_
7.50
7.00
6.00
_
-
_
6.00
_
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of development
n days
Hatch to 1st Crab
16.94
16.00
15.79
15.68
17.30
18.13
17.61
19.20
16.91
19.90
18.56
17.50
20.10
17.35
21.90
20.80
17.77
21.50
19.00
18.75
_
_
25.00
20.00
19.00
_
-
_
19.00
_
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     TABLE  2.   AVERAGE  PERCENT  SURVIVAL  AND  AVERAGE  DURATION  IN  DAYS  OF  ZOEAL AND MEGALOPA  DEVELOPMENT OF
     R.  harrisii  REARED IN  ACETONE  CONTROL AND  DIFFERENT  CONCENTRATIONS  OF  KEPONE
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Culture media
Salinity 20 /oo
Temp. 25°C
Acetone
Control
Kepone
35 ppb
Kepone
50 ppb
Kepone
65 ppb
Kepone
80 ppb
Kepone
95 ppb
Kepone
110 ppb
Kepone
125 ppb
Initial No. % Survival
of larvae to
per series Megalopa 1st Crab
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50 99.2 96.8
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50 92 86
Rh XVII-50
Rh X-50 74 64
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50 72 63.2
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50 26 13.3
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50
Rh XIII-50 6 4.4
Rh XIV-50
Rh XVII-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50 4.5 1.0
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
Rh IX-50
Rh X-50 1 0.5
Rh XIII-50
Rh XIV-50
Mean duration of development
in da^s
Zoea Megalopa Hatch to 1st crab
10.59 5.70 16.34
12.59 5.72 18.33
12.72 5.67 18.41
12.69 6.32 18.75
13.51 5.80 18.90
13.87 6.45 19.91
15.11 6.50 19.50


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                           35     50     65     80
                                    KEPONE ppb
                            95
110
                                                                   125
               Figure 1.  Effect of Kepone concentration on survival
                          of R. harrisii.
                                            x 	x
                                                     o
Hatch to megalopa
Hatch to 1st crab o
Duration

     TABLE 1 gives the mean duration in days of zoeal and megalopa
development and the mean time in days from hatching to the 1st crab stage
for each series reared in acetone control and in different concentrations
of Kepone.  TABLE 2 lists the mean duration of development in days for all
larvae reared in all series.  Each table shows that the duration of zoeal
development is in general prolonged with each concentration from 35 ppb
to 110 ppb Kepone.  Since the mean duration of megalopa development was
somewhat similar in these concentrations, the 'total time from hatching to
the 1st crab stage was prolonged with each higher concentration primarily
due to the effect of Kepone on zoeal development.
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Statistical analysis of R. harrisii duration

1.  Significant linear regressions of both DZ (days to megalopa) and DC
    (days to 1st crab) upon Kepone levels were found with no significant
    deviations from linearity.  The most compact summary is in these
    equations:

          DZ = 10.5 + 0.0423 * CONC

          DC = 16.5 + 0.0359 * CONC

    where CONC is in ppb of Kepone.  These results are shown in Figure 2.
    The regression coefficients may be interpreted as follows:

          for DZ:  0.0423 +_ 0.0051 days increase in duration of zoeal
          development for each ppb added Kepone

          for DC:  0.0359 +_ 0.0069 days increase in total duration time for
          each ppb added Kepone.

    These increases in duration can be scaled up, for example to 10 ppb,
    by multiplication, i.e.,0.423 +_ 0.051 days increase for each 10 ppb
    added Kepone.

The test of significance of the difference between the two slopes is also
not significant which suggests that a pooled estimate can be used to
characterize the concentration effect on duration.  This estimate is

          b = 0.0391 +_ 0.0043 DAYS/ppb Kepone

2.  Nearly analogous results were obtained when RATE = 100/DAYS was used
    as the dependent variable:

          RZ - 9.31 - 0.0251 * CONC

          RC = 6.01 - 0.0100 * CONC


    These results are shown in Figure 3:

               b(RZ) = -0.0251 +_ 0.0024 reciprocal days decrease

               in RATE for each ppb increase in Kepone and

               b(RC) = -0.0100 +_ 0.0015 reciprocal days decrease in RATE

               for each ppb increase in Kepone.

    Now these two coefficients do differ significantly from each other which
    may suggest that the Kepone effect is greater on zoeal stage than on the
    megalopa.
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TABLE 3.    PERCENT MORTALITY IN DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF R.  harrisii

Media
Acetone
Control



Kepone
35 ppb

Kepone
50 ppb
Kepone
65 ppb



Kepone
80 ppb

Kepone
95 ppb



Kepone
110 ppb


Kepone
125 ppb


Series
Rh IX
Rh X
Rh XIII
Rh XIV
Rh XVII
Rh XIII
Rh XIV
Rh XVII
Rh X
Rh XVII
Rh IX
Rh X
Rh XIII
Rh XIV
Rh XVII
Rh IX
Rh X
Rh XVII
Rh IX
Rh X
Rh XIII
Rh XIV
Rh XVII
Rh IX
Rh X
Rh XIII
Rh XIV
Rh IX
Rh X
Rh XIII
Rh XIV

I
0
0
2
0
0
2
8
0
0
20
4
0
0
0
14
2
16
36
34
44
100
98
28
32
48
100
100
34
66
92
96
Zoeal
II
2
0
0
0
0
4
0
6
8
10
32
4
0
0
34
52
20
52
46
22
-
0
60
58
24
-

60
20
8
4
Stages
III
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
8
8
8
6
10
-
0
8
2
8
-
-
4
8
-
_

IV
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
14
0
12
12
14
2
4
12
12
0
8
4
-
2
0
2
8
-
-
2
2
-
_
Megalopa
4
2
4
0
2
10
4
4
14
6
16
12
12
4
10
16
18
0
4
4
-
-
0
4
10
-
-
0
2
-
-
Total
6
2
6
0
2
20
12
10
36
36
68
32
26
6
62
92
74
96
98
84
100
100
96
98
98
100
100
100
98
100
100
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                           RZ = 9.31- 0.0251 *Conc
                               RC=6.01-0.0100 *Conc
                                50      65      80
                                 KEPONE  ppb
125
               Figure 3.   Effect of Kepone  on  rate  of  molting  from
                          hatch to megalopa and  hatch  to  crab  in
                          FL  harrisii.
                          RZ:  x 	x  Hatch  to megalopa
                          RC:  o 	  o  Hatch  to 1st crab
Statistical analysis of R.  harrisii  cumulative  mortality  by  stages

     The results given in Figure 4 show the effect of Kepone levels  on  the
mortality at each stage of development.   The percent mortalities  on  the
graph were obtained from the means of the transformed variable adjusted for
the unequal number of replications for several  treatments.
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               Figure 4.  Effect of Kepone on mortality by stages of
                          development of R_. ham'sii.
                          a.  Significantly different  from control  (0.05)
                              Significantly different  from control  (0.01)
                              Significant increase over previous stage
                              (0.05)
                              Significant increase over previous stage
                              (0.01)
 b.
 *

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EFFECTS OF KEPONE ON DEVELOPMENT OF CALLINECTES SAPIDUS

Survival
     The percent survival to megalopa and to the 1st crab stage is given
for three series in TABLE 4.  The average percent survival of all  series
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TABLE 4.  EFFECTS OF KEPONE ON PERCENT SURVIVAL AND DURATION IN DAYS THROUGH
          ZOEAL AND MEGALOPA DEVELOPMENT OF Callinectes sapidus XII, XIII
          and XIV

Culture media
Salinity 30 / oo
Temp. 25°C
Acetone
Control

Kepone
0.10 ppb

Kepone
0.50 ppb

Kepone
0.75 ppb

Kepone
1 .0 ppb

Initial No.
of larvae
per series
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50
Cs XIV-50
% Survival
to
Megalopa
30
32
24
34
30
4
38
10
10
38
10
6
14
0
0
1st Crab
20
26
22
32
28
4
28
10
8
24
8
6
14
0
0
Mean
Zoea
44.8
40.4
46.9
42.2
41.7
50.0
44.4
43.0
49.2
47.2
41.0
48.0
46.3
-
-
duration of
in days
Megalopa
9.6
9.7
11.1
9.9
9.4
11.0
9.9
8.8
13.5
9.8
10.0
13.7
10.4
-
-
development
Hatching to
1st Crab
54.3
50.4
57.0
52.3
51.1
60.1
53.4
51.8
59.8
54.8
51.5
61.7
57.1
_
-

of larvae reared in acetone control  and in 0.1  ppb,  0.5 ppb,  0.75  ppb  and
1.0 ppb is given in TABLE 5.   There  is  differential  survival  with  increase
in concentration to megalopa and to  first crab.

Statistical analysis of C. sapidus survival

     As in R_. harrisii, a significant linear decrease in survival  with
Kepone concentration was detected for both zoeal  and megalopa survival,
and there was no detectable difference  between  slopes nor between  average
survival.  The combined results are  presented in  Figure 5 which  shows  the
best prediction equation for the ranges of concentration given.

     Again the regression coefficient

          b = -18.5942 +_ 3.2397 degrees decrease  for each ppb increase

          i.e., -1.859 +0.324 degrees  for each 0.1  ppb increase
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            0.1     0-2     0.3     0.4    0.5     0.6
                                   KEPONE ppb
                                                0.7
0-8
0.9
1.0
          Figure 5.  Effect of Kepone concentration  on  survival  of  C_
                     sapidus.
                     Hatch to megalopa x 	x
                     Hatch to 1st crab o 	o
cannot be easily interpreted  in  terms  of  percent survival.   However, in the
range of 0.1 to 0.8 ppb of  Kepone  concentration,the decrease of survival
is approximately 2.2% for each 0.1  ppb increase in Kepone.


Duration

     TABLE 4 gives the mean duration  in days of zoeal and megalopa develop-
ment and the mean time in days from hatching to 1st crab stage for each
series reared in acetone control and  in 0.1  ppb, 0.5 ppb, 0.75 ppb and  1.0
ppb Kepone.  TABLE 5  lists  the mean duration of development in days for
all larvae reared in  all series.
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TABLE 5.  AVERAGE PERCENT SURVIVAL AND AVERAGE DURATION IN DAYS OF ZOEAL AND
          MEGALOPA DEVELOPMENT OF Callinectes sapidus REARED IN ACETONE
          CONTROL AND DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS OF KEPONE.
Culture media,  Initial No,
Salinity 30 /oo of larvae
% Survival     Mean duration of development
   to                    in days
Temp. 25UC
Acetone
Control
Kepone
0.10 ppb
Kepone
0.50 ppb
Kepone
0.75 ppb
Kepone
1 .0 ppb
per series Megalopa
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50 28.7
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50 22.7
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50 19.3
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50 18
Cs XIV-50
Cs XII-50
Cs XIII-50 4.67
Cs XIV-50
1st Crab Zoea Megalopa Hatching to
1st Crab
22.7 43.7 10.1 54.7
21.3 42.47 9.75 52.25
15.3 44.97 10.26 54.13
12.7 46.11 10.42 55.16
4.67 46.3 10.43 57.14

Statistical analysis of C. sapidus duration/rate

1.  No significant relationship could be detected between Kepone concentration
    and duration of zoeal development (DZ)  or rates (RZ).

2.  A significant linear relationship was established,  however,  between
    Kepone levels and duration to first crab (DC) (Figure 6).

          DC:b = 3.7667 +0.9907  DAYS increase in time  from hatch to 1st
          crab for each ppb increase in Kepone,  i.e.,  0.38 +_ 0.10
          increase for each increase of 0.1 ppb.

          RC:b - -0.1219 +_ 0.0303 reciprocal DAYS  decrease for each ppb
          increase in Kepone, i.e., -0.012 +_ 0.003 reciprocal       for
          each increase of 0.1 ppb.
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   54
   53
   52
                                   = 53.76 + 3.7667 -Cone
           0.1     0.2     0.3     0.4     0.5     0.6
                                  KEPONE ppb
0.7
0.8
0.9     1.0
          Figure 6.  Duration of  hatch  to  1st  crab  in  C_.  sapidus  vs
                     concentration  of  Kepone.
                     DC:  Hatch to  1st  crab
Mortality

     Callinectes sapidus may  pass  through  seven,  occasionally eight, zoeal
stages before it molts into a megalopa,  a  ninth stage of development.  In
these experiments a zoea in an eighth  zoeal  stage was not observed.  In an
effort to determine if larvae in one or  more of eight developmental stages
of C_. sapidus were particularly sensitive  to different concentrations of
Kepone, a record of deaths by stages was made for larvae from each of
three crabs, Cs XII - XIV, which had been  reared in acetone control and four
concentrations of Kepone (TABLE 6).
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TABLE 6.   PERCENT MORTALITY IN DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES OF C.  sapidus

Media
Acetone
Control

Kepone
0.10 ppb

Kepone
0.50 ppb

Kepone
0.75 ppb

Kepone
1 .0 ppb

Series
XII
XIII
XIV
XII
XIII
XIV
XII
XIII
XIV
XII
XIII
XIV
XII
XIII
XIV

I
4
2
0
8
2
0
10
2
0
2
6
2
8
10
2

II
30
18
10
12
16
36
12
38
38
10
38
38
38
36
40
Zoeal
III
6
16
28
10
12
28
18
24
16
32
22
26
16
42
22
Stages
IV
14
14
24
22
10
20
14
14
26
6
14
20
14
8
34
V
6
6
6
2
8
12
8
6
8
10
8
6
6
4
2
VI
8
0
2
6
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Megalopa
VII
2
12
6
6
12
0
0
6
2
2
2
2
2
0
0

10
6
2
2
2
0
10
0
2
14
2
0
0
0
0
Total
80
74
78
68
72
96
72
90
92
76
92
94
86
100
100

Statistical analysis of C.  sapidus cumulative mortality by stages

     The results in Figure  7 show significant increases in mortality
at zoeal stages 2,  3, and 4 in all concentrations  including the control
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Figure 7.  Effect of Kepone on mortality by stages of C sapidus
           a.   Significantly different from control (0.05)
           b.   Significantly different from control (0.01)
           *.   Significant increase over previous stage (0.05)
          **.   Significant increase over previous stage (0.01)
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                                  SECTION 7

                                 DISCUSSION
Survival

     In chronic bioassay studies of the  larval development of crabs, sub-
lethal concentrations of a pollutant are arbitrarily defined as those  in
which there is a reduction in survival with  increased concentration of
the pollutant and in which at least 10%  reach  the  1st crab stage.  Acutely
toxic concentrations are those  in which  less than  10% of the larvae reach the
1st crab stage (Epifanio,1971;  Bookhout  and  Costlow, 1975).  Since the
average survival of R_. harrisii from the time  of hatching to 1st crab  stage
was 86% in 35 ppb, 64% in 50 ppb, 63.2%  in 65  ppb  and 13.3% in 80 ppb  Kepone
(TABLE 2), these concentrations are considered sublethal.  Less than 10% of
R. harrisii larvae reached the  1st crab  stage  in 95, 110 and 125 ppb Kepone
^"TABLE 2); therefore, these concentrations are considered acutely toxic
to R_. harrisii larvae.  The sublethal concentrations of  Kepone to C_. sapidus
developmental stages were 0.10, 0.50, and 0.75 ppb Kepone and the acutely
toxic concentration was 1.0 ppb (TABLE 5).

     The sensitivity of C_. sapidus larvae to Kepone and  to mirex is similar,
as might be expected, since mirex is structurally  similar to Kepone.  Actual
concentrations tested revealed  0.1, 0.5  and  0.75 ppb Kepone and 0.01  and
0.1 ppb mirex to be sublethal concentrations and 1.0 ppb Kepone and 1.0 ppb
mirex to be acutely toxic concentrations (Bookhout and Costlow, 1975).

     There was a marked difference, however, in the sensitivity of R_. harrisii
larvae to Kepone and to mirex.  Concentrations tested revealed 35, 50, 65
and 80 ppb Kepone and 0.01 and  0.1 ppb mirex to be sublethal concen-
trations, and 95, 110 and 125 ppb Kepone and 1.0 and 10.0 ppb mirex to be
acutely toxic concentrations (Bookhout et a]_., 1972).  We have no explanation
for R_. harrisii larvae being so much more resistant to Kepone than to mirex.

     The range of concentrations of Kepone in  which development of the
decapod, C_. sapidus, occurred (TABLE 5)  was  much more narrow than the  range
reported for the survival of 48-h-old juvenile Mysidopsis bahia, a mysid,
exposed to different concentrations of Kepone  for  19 days (Nimmo et al . ,1977).
Survival of mysids was 90.6% in 0 y g/1,  84.4%  in 0.39 yg/1, 50% in 1.55 yg/1,
3.1% in 4.4 y g/1 and 0% in 8.7 yg/l.  Thus M_.  bahia was  not as sensitive
to Kepone as C_. sapidus larvae, but much more  sensitive  than R_. harrisii
larvae.   When adult sheephead minnows, Cyprinodon  variegatus, were exposed
to Kepone, survival decreased in relation to increase in concentration and
duration of exposure.  All fish died by  day  15 when exposed to 7.8 and
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24 yg/l Kepone and 20% died in 0.8 yg/l.  The effect of Kepone in water on
embryos, fry and juveniles exposed to 0.08, 0.18, 0.72, 6.6 and 32 yg/l
was less than that observed when adult fish were exposed to the same
concentrations.  The 36-day LC50 to developing fish exposed to Kepone in
water was 6.7 yg/l (Hansen et_ aK, 1977).  Thus the sensitivity of sheeps-
head minnows to Kepone in chronic bioassays is closer to that found for
C_. sapidus larvae than for R_. harrisii larvae.


Duration

     The reduction in molting rate with increase in concentration of Kepone
in zoeal development of R. harrisii and in development from hatching to 1st
crab in R_. harrisii (Figure 3) and C_. sapidus is considered a sublethal effect
of Kepone (Figure 6).  In these species, a similar reduction occurred with
each increase in concentration of methoxychlor (Bookhout e_t aj_., 1976,
malathion (Bookhout and Monroe, 1977) and mirex (Bookhout et_ al_., 1972);
however, in mirex the reduction occurred only when C_. sapidus was reared
in acutely toxic concentrations (Bookhout and Costlow, 1975).  Costlow et al.
(1960,  1962, 1966) reported that high and low salinities reduce the molting
rate of Sesarma cinereum, Panopeus herbstii and Rhithropanopeus harrisii.
Thus it is possible that the reduction in molting rate is a response of larvae
to any  physiological stress and not a direct action of Kepone on the crab's
neuro-endocrine system which controls molting.


Seasonal considerations

     There is some evidence of seasonal variability in survival and duration
of C_. sapidus larvae from the time of hatching to the 1st crab stage.  Based
on published (Bookhout and Costlow, 1975; Bookhout ejt aj_., 1976; Bookhout
and Monroe, 1977) and unpublished data, it can be hypothesized that C_. sapidus
larvae  hatched in the early part of the breeding season, May to mid-June,  at
Beaufort, North Carolina, have a higher survival and a shorter duration of
development than those reared in the latter part of the breeding season, mid-
July to September.  According to this concept, a survival of 22.7% and a
duration of 54.7 days to 1st crab in acetone control is what might be
expected for hatches of C_. sapidus at the end of July.  It is obvious that
there is need for further studies designed to develop a seasonal baseline and
also to determine whether there are seasonal biochemical changes in the egg
associated with an increase in water temperature.


Mortality

     The effect of Kepone on mortality within the range of sensitivity for
R_. harrisii  larvae is shown in Figure 4.  The changes in larval mortality by
stages and concentrations are consistent with the postulation that as early-
stage larval  mortality increases with increasing Kepone levels, the remaining
larvae at subsequent stages are those most resistant to the insecticide.
This process of eliminating larger and larger fractions of susceptible larvae


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continues at each increasing concentration of  Kepone until a  level  is  reached
at which all but the most resistant larvae succumb during the first and  second
zoeal stages.

     The contrast of Figure 4 with Figure 7 shows clearly that larvae  of
R,. harrisii are susceptible to the higher concentrations of Kepone during
the first zoeal stage and C_. sapidus are not.  The results in Figure 7 show
significant increases in mortality over the previous stage of zoeal stages
II, III and IV in the control and in all concentrations of Kepone.  Only at
the 1.0 ppb level are mortalities significantly different from the control,
but the trend of increasing mortality with concentration is quite consistent
with the concentration effects seen in the analysis of survival to megalopa
and to 1st crab.
Ecological implications

     The presence of Kepone in water, biota and sediments of the Appomatox
and James Rivers, Virginia, has been well-documented (Environmental Protection
Agency, 1975).  It is the consensus that the James River will remain
contaminated for years.  There may be other contaminated rivers and estuaries,
especially outside of the United States, where Kepone is used to control pests
that attack bananas and potatoes.

     Up to this time there is no direct evidence of toxic effects of Kepone on
crab larvae in the James River, the Chesapeake or its tributaries; hence, the
potential impact of Kepone on R^. harrisii and £. sapidus larvae in the field
is inferred only from a few field studies and a number of laboratory investi-
gations on other estuarine organisms.

     Rhithropanopeus harrisii larvae are common to abundant in the upper York
and Pamunkey Rivers where Sandifer (1973) collected their larvae in a
range of salinities from 0 to 21.03 /oo but primarily within a range of
0 to 10 /oo.  They were found as early as May and as late as October, but were
most numerous from July to September.  A similar distribution of R_. harrisii
larvae in relation to salinity and seasonal abundance in the York River might
be expected in the two-layered James River estuary.  Since there is a net
horizontal flow down the James estuary in the upper layer and a net hori-
zontal  flow up the estuary (Prichard, 1953), most R_. harrisii larvae should
be retained in the middle estuary where salinities are low.

     Peak abundance of larvae is where salinities range from 0 to 5°/oo
in the York River (Sandifer, 1973); therefore, ovigerous R_. harrisii would be
expected to be in the same salinities in the James.  Thus adults would be in
the middle estuary of the James and in adjacent creeks and embayments south
of Jamestown.

     Since the middle estuary of the James River is known to be polluted with
Kepone (Huggett e_t ^1_., in press), it is reasonable to assume that adult
R_. harrisii and their eggs are polluted.  Newly hatched larvae would have an
initial burden of Kepone from eggs, and during development larvae would
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acquire additional Kepone from water and food.  In the middle estuary,
dissolved Kepone is estimated to be in parts per trillion (Water Control
Board, 1977; Batelle, 1978; Saleh and Lee, 1978),and phytoplankton, zooplankton
and detritus have Kepone residues of 1.30, 4.80 and 0.67 yg/g-dry weight,
respectively (Huggett et_ aj_., in press).  Sediments associated with organic
matter are more heavily contaminated with Kepone in the middle estuary than
in the lower estuary (Huggett et al., in press).

     Bioconcentration of Kepone from water during a developmental period of
16 to 19 days in R,. harrisii is not known, but Bahner et_ al_. (1977) reported
that it was up to 13,000 times the amount measured in exposure water when
mysids were exposed to 0.026 yg/1 for 14 days.  Epifanio (1973) estimated that
if crab larvae were exposed to a field concentration of dieldrin of 2 parts
per trillion in seawater and 20 ppb of the pesticide in food, crab larvae
would take up the pesticide in 1.23 times as fast from water as from food.
Larvae of R_. harrisii would obtain an additional burden of Kepone by
ingesting zooplankton.  In the middle estuary, zooplankton is estimated to
have a residue of 4.80 yg/g dry weight (Huggett et_ aj_., in press).  Kepone
once bioconcentrated, is not readily lost, because depuration in crustaceans
is slow (Bahner et_ a]_., 1977).

     The migration of ovigerous Callinectes sapidus from brackish waters to
the mouths of estuaries or beyond to spawn has been known for many years
(Churchill, 1921).  Male blue crabs from the James River had an average
Kepone residue of 0.81 pg/g and females 0.19 ^g/g.  The difference is
possibly related to the time spent in the river (Huggett e^t al_., in press).
It is very probable that the eggs of the blue crab are also contaminated with
Kepone and the body burden of Kepone is in freshly hatched zoeae.  Van Engel
(1958) found the greatest number of zoeae in channels between Cape Charles
and Cape Henry with diminishing numbers up-bay and seaward.  Sandifer (1973)
collected most zoeae in salinities of 20 to 30 /oo.  In the lower Chesapeake
and its mouth, Kepone in water, biota and sediments is very much diluted
compared to the middle estuary.  Larvae of C_. sapidus, however, are much more
sensitive than the larvae of R_. harrisii.  Concentrations which were sublethal
were 0.1 ppb to 0.75 ppb, and 1.0 ppb was acutely toxic.  Furthermore,
Provenzano et_ a_l_. (1978) reported that the female and eggs of grass shrimp,
Palaemonetes pugio, collected from the mouth of the James River had Kepone
residues of 0.63 and 0.7 ppm, respectively, and samples from Lafayette River
in the vicinity of Norfolk had residues of 0.04 and 0.4 ppm, respectively.
This is further evidence that the eggs of C_. sapidus would be contaminated
with Kepone, and from the time of hatching to the 1st crab stage C_. sapidus
zoeae would obtain additional Kepone from water and zooplankton.  Megalopa
of C_. sapidus might be found up the James River where they would receive
the highest concentrations of Kepone of any developing stage.  Williams
(1971) found that a significant number of C_. sapidus megalopa move toward
the upper reaches of North Carolina estuaries.

     It is obvious that the relationship between Kepone residues and
mortality during development of JR. harrisii and C_. sapidus in the laboratory
needs to be determined.  It seems reasonably certain that eggs and larvae
of R_. harrisii in the middle estuary of the James River and the eggs and
larvae of C_. sapidus in the vicinity of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay

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are polluted with Kepone, but the concentrations are not known.   If chemical
analysis could be made of eggs in an advanced stage of development, of zoeae,
and of megalopa, and compared to residue analyses of similar stages in the
laboratory, it should be possible to predict the potential  effect of Kepone
on populations of the two species.
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                                  GLOSSARY
acute toxicity tests:   short-term exposure to concentrations  of  toxicant
     which will be lethal to 50% of the larvae in a short interval  of  time-
     24 h, 48 h, or 96 h.

acutely toxic concentrations:  concentrations of insecticide  in  which  less
     than 10% of the larvae survive to the 1st crab stage.

analysis of variance:   a special application of the linear  models  technique
     which can be used effectively when the experimental  design  is  balanced
     with respect to factors and replication.

chronic tests:  long-term exposure to toxicant.

cummulative mortality:  the total number of larval  deaths incurred  at  any
     given stage of development expressed as a percent of the initial
     number of larvae.

differential survival:  reduction of survival with  each increase in
     insecticide.

dosage-response relationship:  the characterization of the  change  in
     response (e.g. survival) with changing stimulus (e.g.  concentrations
     of insecticide).   Typically such responses vary from 0%  at  some
     threshold level of the stimulant to 100% at some uniformly  lethal  level
     of the stimulant.  An intermediate point is the ED50, the "effective
     dose" at which 50% of the organisms react to the stimulant.

first crab stage:  first stage after molt from megalopa;  has  adult  morpho-
     logy with abdomen bent under cephatothorax, but is sexually immature.

fitting a linear regression:  another special application of  the linear
     models technique  where the response variable is a simple linear
     function of a single independent variable, y = a+e x + e, and  the
     relevant statistics are estimates of the parameters, a,  g,  and a2,
     the variance of the random error, e.

general linear models  technique:  an attempt to characterize  a given
     response (e.g. survival) as a linear function  of factors, experi-
     mentally imposed  and environmentally existent, and their interactions.
     Statistical analysis of the resulting model quantitatively evaluates
     the relative importance of the several factors and the experimental
     errors.
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h:  hour

LC50:  lethal concentration; the concentration of toxicant in water estimated
     to be lethal to 50 percent of test animals for a specified period of
     exposure.

megalopa:   stage of development of a crab between last zoeal  stage and 1st
     crab stage; is dorso-ventrally depressed; has all cephalothoracic and
     abdominal appendages present and functional; and has extended abdomen.

yg/g:  micrograms per gram = parts per million.

yg/1:  micrograms per liter = parts per billion.

mg/1:  milligrams per liter = parts per million.

molt:  the process of shedding the exoskeleton which is necessary for growth
     during larval and juvenile development in arthropods, including
     crustaceans.

ppb:  parts per billion.

ppm:  parts per million.

°/oo = parts per thousand.

regression coefficient, in the linear regression model:   the regression
     coefficient of the independent variable and the slope of the
     straight line relating y to x.  If y is measured in 'DAYS' and x
     in 'ppb,1 the units of slope are DAYS/ppb.

sublethal  concentrations:  concentrations of insecticide in which 10% or more
     of the larvae survive to the 1st crab stage.

sublethal  effects:  effects in larvae reared in sublethal concentrations,
     but not in acetone control; they become more pronounced as concen-
     trations are increased.

sub-plot error:  the component of experimental error that affects the
     repeated measurements on-the same experimental unit, e.g. cumulative
     mortality of an original unit of 100 larvae.

technique of split-plot analysis of variance:  sometimes called a "repeated
     measurement design" when successive measurements are taken on the same
     experimental unit, e.g., survival at each stage of development.  The
     resulting analysis provides for two or more levels at which different
     components of experimental error may affect the response.
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transformed to angular scale: the transformation of data expressed in
     'percent1 to a new scale where the /percent is treated as the sine of
     an angle.  While 'percent'  varies from 0 to 100 the corresponding
     'angles'  vary from 0  to 90 .   The angular scale is more amenable
     to statistical analysis because the sampling variance is approximately
     constant whereas the variance in the percent scale is not.

weighted standard error:   a standard error that combines the estimate of
     error associated with experimental units treated alike (whole-plot
     error) with the estimate of sub-plot error to provide an appropriate
     basis for comparing  sub-plot means at different levels of whole-plot
     factors, e.g., to compare the mortality at a given zoeal stage at
     several different concentrations of insecticide.

zoea(e):  a planktotropic larval stage of a crab with a laterally compressed
     cephalothorax and abdomen,  and two thoracic appendages (maxillipeds)
     for swimming.

zoeal development:  refers to all zoeal stages from time of hatching to
     megalopa stage (i.e., four zoeal stages in R_. harrisii and seven to
     eight zoeal stages in C^. sapidus).
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TECHNICAL REPORT DATA
(Please read Instructions on the reverse before completing)
1. REPORT NO.
2.
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
KEPONER EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT OF CALLINECTES SAPIDUS
AND RHITHROPANOPEUS HARRISII

7 AUTHOR(S)
C.G. Bookhout, J.D. Costlow, Jr. , R.J. Monroe*
*North Carolina State University
9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AN
Duke University Marine Lab
Beaufort, N.C. 28516
D ADDRESS
Dratory
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Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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16. ABSTRACT
Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the effect of
Kepone on the development of Callinectes sapidus from the time of hatching
until the 1st crab stage was reached. For comparison, similar investigations
were made to ascertain the effects of Kepone on larval development of
Rhithropanopeus harrisii.
Of the concentrations tested, 35, 50, 65 and 80 ppb Kepone were found
to be sublethal and 95, 110 and 125 ppb Kepone were acutely toxic to
R. harrisii larvae; whereas 0.1, 0.5 and 0.75 were sublethal and 1.0 ppb
Kepone were acutely toxic to C. sapidus larvae. The duration of zoeal
development and total time
prolonged with concentratii
significant relationship c<
duration of zoeal developm
to 1st crab. The developm
sensitive differ in the tw<
17.
a- DESCRIPTORS
Insecticides
Bioassay
Crustacea
Crabs
Kepone
18. DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT
RELEASE TO PUBLIC
from hatching to 1st crab was in general
Dn in R. harrisii; whereas, in C. sapidus, no
Duld be detected between Kepone concentration and
2nt, but there was a significant relationship
=ntal stages in which the larvae are particularly
D species.
KEY WORDS AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
b. IDENTIFIERS/OPEN ENDED TERMS C. COS ATI Field/Group
Insecticide toxicity
Kepone
Blue crabs
Mud crabs
Larval development
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