Acute toxicity of boron to juvenile white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, at two salinities

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Abstract

Acute toxicity of boron to the white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, was tested at ambient salinities of 3.0 and 20.0‰ using a static renewal method, respectively. The results showed that the mean LC50 values of boron at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h were 552.55, 153.35, 50.14, 25.05 mg/L to the shrimp at 3.0‰, and were 598.13, 219.52, 147.80, 80.06 mg/L at 20.0‰. The LC50 values of boron to L. vannamei at 3.0‰ were significantly lower than these to shrimp at 20.0‰ at 48, 72 and 96 h exposure, and the statistic P values were 0.013, 0.000 and 0.000, respectively, indicating that L. vannamei at low salinity is more sensitive to the ambient boron toxicity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-178
Number of pages4
JournalAquaculture
Volume278
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2008

Keywords

  • Boron
  • Litopenaeus vannamei
  • Salinity
  • Toxicity

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