Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination

This study was conducted using the 24 h cultured nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as toxicity testing organism exposed to five selected trace elements (Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, Fe). The objective was to determine the suitability of A. salina for heavy metals acute toxicity test. The tests were perfor...

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Main Authors: Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir, Abdul Aziz, Fatin Zahidah, Mohd Ajis, Siti Zaiton, Ismail, Ahmad
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41343/1/41343.pdf
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author Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
Abdul Aziz, Fatin Zahidah
Mohd Ajis, Siti Zaiton
Ismail, Ahmad
author_facet Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
Abdul Aziz, Fatin Zahidah
Mohd Ajis, Siti Zaiton
Ismail, Ahmad
author_sort Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir
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description This study was conducted using the 24 h cultured nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as toxicity testing organism exposed to five selected trace elements (Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, Fe). The objective was to determine the suitability of A. salina for heavy metals acute toxicity test. The tests were performed after 24 h A. salina cysts hatched. The screening tests and definitive tests were conducted in static non-renewal testing solution. Nauplii of A. salina were exposed to different concentration of single-metal solutions and landfill leachates. Mortality of nauplii was used as the end point of the toxicity test. The predicted median lethal concentration (LC50) for each metal was determined by probit analysis. The LC50 values for single-metal exposure were approximately 0.28 ppm Cu, 2.47 ppm Cd, 2.72 ppm Zn and 10.23 ppm Ni, respectively. The order of the toxicity level of selected metals to A. salina is Cu > Cd > Zn > Ni. However, the LC50 values for landfill leachates exposure were approximately 0.08 ppm Cu, 0.01 ppm Cd, 0.11 ppm Zn and 0.10 ppm Ni, respectively. The order of the toxicity level of selected metals to A. salina is Cd > Cu > Ni > Zn. Lower LC50 values for all metals of landfill leachates proposed there could other factors that potentially induced the decreasing of tolerance level of A. salina nauplii towards these pollutants. Thus, this study proposes nauplii of A. salina as a sensitive bioindicator for heavy metals contamination.
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spelling upm.eprints-413432017-05-30T03:49:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41343/ Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir Abdul Aziz, Fatin Zahidah Mohd Ajis, Siti Zaiton Ismail, Ahmad This study was conducted using the 24 h cultured nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as toxicity testing organism exposed to five selected trace elements (Cu, Zn, Cd, Ni, Fe). The objective was to determine the suitability of A. salina for heavy metals acute toxicity test. The tests were performed after 24 h A. salina cysts hatched. The screening tests and definitive tests were conducted in static non-renewal testing solution. Nauplii of A. salina were exposed to different concentration of single-metal solutions and landfill leachates. Mortality of nauplii was used as the end point of the toxicity test. The predicted median lethal concentration (LC50) for each metal was determined by probit analysis. The LC50 values for single-metal exposure were approximately 0.28 ppm Cu, 2.47 ppm Cd, 2.72 ppm Zn and 10.23 ppm Ni, respectively. The order of the toxicity level of selected metals to A. salina is Cu > Cd > Zn > Ni. However, the LC50 values for landfill leachates exposure were approximately 0.08 ppm Cu, 0.01 ppm Cd, 0.11 ppm Zn and 0.10 ppm Ni, respectively. The order of the toxicity level of selected metals to A. salina is Cd > Cu > Ni > Zn. Lower LC50 values for all metals of landfill leachates proposed there could other factors that potentially induced the decreasing of tolerance level of A. salina nauplii towards these pollutants. Thus, this study proposes nauplii of A. salina as a sensitive bioindicator for heavy metals contamination. Springer 2013 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41343/1/41343.pdf Zulkifli, Syaizwan Zahmir and Abdul Aziz, Fatin Zahidah and Mohd Ajis, Siti Zaiton and Ismail, Ahmad (2013) Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination. In: International Conference on Environmental Forensics 2013, 11-14 Nov. 2013, Marriot Hotel, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (pp. 233-237). 10.1007/978-981-4560-70-2_43
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Abdul Aziz, Fatin Zahidah
Mohd Ajis, Siti Zaiton
Ismail, Ahmad
Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
title Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
title_full Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
title_fullStr Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
title_full_unstemmed Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
title_short Nauplii of brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
title_sort nauplii of brine shrimp artemia salina as a potential toxicity testing organism for heavy metals contamination
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41343/1/41343.pdf
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