Toxicity of cadmium to Ampullaria luzonica

• Main Author: Dy, Aileen F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Cadmium; Waste products; Snails; Water pollution; Heavy metals; Toxicity testing
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1280
• Institution: De La Salle University

A short-term toxicity test was conducted to determine the mortality rate of Ampullaria luzonica. Three replicates were done for each concentration. 96-hr LC50 value of vadmium to Ampullaeia luzonica was also determined. Generally, it was observed that mortality of Ampullaria luzonica increased as th...