Acute toxicity and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in red tilapia fish

• Main Authors: Aldoghachi, M.A.J., Rahman, M.M., Yusoff, Ismail, Sofian-Azirun, Mohd
• Format: Article
• Published: Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum 2016
• Subjects: QE Geology; QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18209/; http://www.thejaps.org.pk/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Juvenile hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) was tested with different concentration of heavy metals under varying exposure time to examine acute toxicity effect on their survival rate and bioaccumulation in fish tissues. Copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) was used at rates 0.0, 0.50, 1.0, 3.0 and...