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Embryo-larval toxicity tests with the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus): comparative sensitivity of endpoints

Lien Nguyen Thi Hong (UGent) and Colin Janssen (UGent)
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Embryo-larval toxicity tests with the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) were performed to assess the comparative sensitivity of different endpoints. Measured test responses included embryo and larval survival, hatching, morphological development, and larval growth. Chromium, cadmium, copper, sodium pentachlorphenol (NaPCP), and malathion were used as model toxicants. Hatching was not affected by any of the chemicals tested, and embryo survival was only affected by chromium at greater than or equal to 36 mg/L. The growth of larvae was significantly reduced at greater than or equal to 11 mg/L Cr, greater than or equal to 0.63 mg/L Cu, greater than or equal to 0.03 mg/L NaPCP, and greater than or equal to 1.25 mg/L malathion. Morphological development of C. gariepinus was affected by all of the toxicants tested. Different types of morphological aberrations were observed, i.e., reduction of pigmentation in fish exposed to cadmium and copper, yolk sac edema in fish exposed to NaPCP and malathion, and deformation of the notochord in fish exposed to chromium and malathion. The sensitivity of the endpoints measured can be summarized as follows: growth > abnormality > larval survival > embryo survival > hatching.
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COPPER, TROUT, BURCHELL, MORTALITY, REPRODUCTION, GROWTH, LIFE STAGES, FATHEAD MINNOW, PIMEPHALES-PROMELAS, ZEBRAFISH BRACHYDANIO-RERIO

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Nguyen Thi Hong, Lien, and Colin Janssen. “Embryo-Larval Toxicity Tests with the African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus): Comparative Sensitivity of Endpoints.” ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, vol. 42, no. 2, 2002, pp. 256–62, doi:10.1007/s00244-001-0007-4.
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Nguyen Thi Hong, L., & Janssen, C. (2002). Embryo-larval toxicity tests with the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus): comparative sensitivity of endpoints. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, 42(2), 256–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-001-0007-4
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Nguyen Thi Hong, Lien, and Colin Janssen. 2002. “Embryo-Larval Toxicity Tests with the African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus): Comparative Sensitivity of Endpoints.” ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 42 (2): 256–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-001-0007-4.
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Nguyen Thi Hong, Lien, and Colin Janssen. 2002. “Embryo-Larval Toxicity Tests with the African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus): Comparative Sensitivity of Endpoints.” ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 42 (2): 256–262. doi:10.1007/s00244-001-0007-4.
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Nguyen Thi Hong L, Janssen C. Embryo-larval toxicity tests with the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus): comparative sensitivity of endpoints. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY. 2002;42(2):256–62.
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L. Nguyen Thi Hong and C. Janssen, “Embryo-larval toxicity tests with the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus): comparative sensitivity of endpoints,” ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 256–262, 2002.
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