Arsenic acute toxicity assessment on select freshwater organism species in Malaysia

Nurul Akhma Zakaria; A.A. Kutty; M.A. Mahazar; Marina Zainal Abidin; Nurul Akhma Zakaria; A.A. Kutty; M.A. Mahazar; Marina Zainal Abidin

doi:10.3934/environsci.2016.4.804

AIMS Environmental Science

2016, Volume 3, Issue 4: 804-814. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2016.4.804

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Arsenic acute toxicity assessment on select freshwater organism species in Malaysia

School of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

Received: 14 August 2016 Accepted: 10 November 2016 Published: 17 November 2016

Recently, arsenic has contaminated the aquatic ecosystem, raising government and public environmental concern. In this study, four freshwater organisms were used to evaluate arsenic toxicity levels. Two types of fish, namely Poecilia reticulata (guppy) (Poeciliidae) and Rasbora Sumatrana (Cyprinidae), an aquatic worm species Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta) and diptera midge larvae Chironomus javanus (Chironomidae) were exposed for a 4-day (96 h) period in laboratory conditions to a range of arsenic (As) concentrations. Mortality was assessed and median lethal times (LT₅₀) and concentrations (LC₅₀) were calculated. The objective of this study is to determine the acute toxicity of arsenic concentration on Poecilia reticula, Rasbora sumatrana, Tubifex tubifex and Chironomus javanus. Results showed that LT₅₀ and LC₅₀ increase with the decrease in mean exposure concentrations and times. Results indicated that Tubifex tubifex was most sensitive to arsenic toxicity compared to other organisms used in this study in this order; Tubifex tubifex > Chironomus javanus > Rasbora sumatrana > Poecilia reticulata.
- acute,
- arsenic,
- LC₅₀,
- LT₅₀,
- toxicity
Citation: Nurul Akhma Zakaria, A.A. Kutty, M.A. Mahazar, Marina Zainal Abidin. Arsenic acute toxicity assessment on select freshwater organism species in Malaysia[J]. AIMS Environmental Science, 2016, 3(4): 804-814. doi: 10.3934/environsci.2016.4.804

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Abstract

Recently, arsenic has contaminated the aquatic ecosystem, raising government and public environmental concern. In this study, four freshwater organisms were used to evaluate arsenic toxicity levels. Two types of fish, namely Poecilia reticulata (guppy) (Poeciliidae) and Rasbora Sumatrana (Cyprinidae), an aquatic worm species Tubifex tubifex (Oligochaeta) and diptera midge larvae Chironomus javanus (Chironomidae) were exposed for a 4-day (96 h) period in laboratory conditions to a range of arsenic (As) concentrations. Mortality was assessed and median lethal times (LT₅₀) and concentrations (LC₅₀) were calculated. The objective of this study is to determine the acute toxicity of arsenic concentration on Poecilia reticula, Rasbora sumatrana, Tubifex tubifex and Chironomus javanus. Results showed that LT₅₀ and LC₅₀ increase with the decrease in mean exposure concentrations and times. Results indicated that Tubifex tubifex was most sensitive to arsenic toxicity compared to other organisms used in this study in this order; Tubifex tubifex > Chironomus javanus > Rasbora sumatrana > Poecilia reticulata.

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