Toxicity of lead to Ampullaria luzonica

• Main Author: Sayson, Marie Antoniette C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Lead > Toxicology; Toxicity testing; Snails; Heavy metals
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1298
• Institution: De La Salle University

Acute toxicity tests were conducted to determine the mortality rate of edible snails Ampullaria luzonica to lead. The 96hr LC50 was estimated by using the linear regression method.It was generally observed that the percentage mortality of Ampullaria luzonica increased as the levels of lead concentra...