Lethal effects of five metals on the freshwater rotifers Asplanchna brigthwellii and Brachionus calyciflorus
Acute toxicity tests of five metals (aluminum, cadmium, iron, lead, zinc) were performed to determine LC50 values in two species of freshwater rotifers: Asplanchna brigthwellii and its prey Brachionus calyciflorus . We conducted the tests using neonates less than 24 hr-old, each test consisted of fi...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2013 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes |
| Repository: | Redalyc-UAA |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:57828350008 |
| Online Access: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57828350008 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Biología LC50 Acute toxicity metal toxicity aquatic toxicology trophic interactions |
| Summary: | Acute toxicity tests of five metals (aluminum, cadmium, iron, lead, zinc) were performed to determine LC50 values in two species of freshwater rotifers: Asplanchna brigthwellii and its prey Brachionus calyciflorus . We conducted the tests using neonates less than 24 hr-old, each test consisted of five replicates, negative control and five metal concentrations (Al, Cd, Fe, Pb, Zn). We found that the prey rotifer B. calyciflorus was more sensitive to Al, Cd, Pb and Fe than the predator rotifer A. brightwellii . For both rotifers Cd was the most toxic of the five metals. It was established that the strain of B. ca - lyciflorus studied is sensitive when compared with other B. calyciflorus strains and other species and genera of the family Brachionidae. In the other hand, LC50 values of A. brigthwellii are compared with rotifer and copepod predators. |
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