EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND CHLORIDE ON NITRITE TOXICITY IN GRASS CARP Ctenopharyngodon idella (Pisces, Cyprinidae)

In juvenile grass carp acclimated at 24, 29 and 32ºC the acute toxicity of nitrite was measured; in order to isolate the ionic effects of nitrite from chloride, distilled water was used. Subsequently, combined effects of temperature, nitrite and chloride on fish exposed to nitrite-CL50, CL70, and CL...

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Authors: ALCARAZ, Guillermina, ESPINA, Sonia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Revista Internacional de Contaminación Ambiental
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/29855
Online Access:https://www.revistascca.unam.mx/rica/index.php/rica/article/view/29855
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ecotoxicología
nitrito
cloruro
temperatura
Ctenopharyngodon idella
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Summary:In juvenile grass carp acclimated at 24, 29 and 32ºC the acute toxicity of nitrite was measured; in order to isolate the ionic effects of nitrite from chloride, distilled water was used. Subsequently, combined effects of temperature, nitrite and chloride on fish exposed to nitrite-CL50, CL70, and CL90 for 48 h was measured. The mortality estimator levels increased at both 29 and 32ºC compared with 24ºC, being greater the former than the latter. Chloride protection was manifest in fish exposed to the CL50 and less evident in those exposed to the nitrite-CL70 and CL90. A polynomial equation which includes al1 variables and predict that increasing the ionic ratio (nitritelchloride) the mortality augments but less at 2g°C than at the other temperatures, was calculated.