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Toxicity of nitrite to the larvae of Penaeus indicus

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Title Toxicity of nitrite to the larvae of Penaeus indicus
 
Creator Jayasankar, P
Muthu, M S
 
Subject Fish Toxicology
 
Description Short-term experiments revealed that there is a progressive increase in the
tolerance of the hirval stages of Penaeus indicus to nitrite. For nauplius, protozoea
and mysis the 24h LC50 values were, respectively, 10.23 mg/1, 20.43 mg/1 and
33.87 mg/I NO'2-N, 4S-hLC5o for protozoea was found to be 15.37 mg/1 NO2-N.
while long-term experiments showed that the 9-day incipient LC50 was 3.29 mg/1
NOj-N. The ECjo. the concentration at which 50% of the larvae did not metamorphose
into postlarvae in 9 days, for nitrite was 1.8 ppm N02-N. "Safe level"
of nitrite that should be maintained in the seawater used for larval rearing was
calculated on the basis of the incipient LC50 value as 0.33 ppm NO2N. More
sensitive estimate of "safe level" based on EC50 value was 0.18 ppm NO'j-N.
 
Publisher CMFRI/ICAR
 
Date 1983
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/489/1/Article_05.pdf
Jayasankar, P and Muthu, M S (1983) Toxicity of nitrite to the larvae of Penaeus indicus. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 30 (2). pp. 231-240.