Acute toxicity of heavy metals to the Malaysian giant prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de man)

• Main Authors: M. Shazili, Noor A., Mohd Ali, Azizan
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19301/1/ID%2019301.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/19301/

The acute tocicity of the heavy metals,cadmium,copper,zinc and lead were determined for juvenile Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Toxicity tests were carried out in a static-with-renewal system over 12 days. The median lethal time (LT50)decreased with increasing concentration of copper and zinc. Slope fun...