Acute Toxicity of Some Agriculture Fertilizers to Rainbow Trout

ÇAPKIN E., Kayış S., Boran H., ALTINOK İ.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, cilt.10, sa.1, ss.19-25, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4194/trjfas.2010.0103
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.19-25
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: fertilizer, NPK, acute toxicity, rainbow trout, SUBLETHAL AMMONIA, WATER-QUALITY, NITROGEN, UREA, CATFISH, LETHAL, CONTAMINATION, METHIOCARB, EXPOSURE, SIZE
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The acute toxicity of ammonium sulphate, calcium ammonium nitrate and two different composite fertilizers [15:15:15 (NPK-1) and 25:5:10 (NPK-2)] to juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss; 0.89 +/- 0.22 g) was evaluated under semi-static conditions. The concentrations of ammonium sulphate, calcium ammonium nitrate, NPK-1 and NPK-2 that killed 50% of the rainbow trout within 96-h (96-h LC50) were 0.149, 0.259, 0.258 and 0.408 g/L, respectively. The mortality of fish was elevated with increasing concentrations of the fertilizers. The time required to kill 50% (LT50) of the rainbow trout at the highest concentrations tested was 11 h 18 min for ammonium sulphate, 12 h 23 min for calcium ammonium nitrate, 13 h 38 min for NPK-1 and 17 h 47 min for NPK-2. Ammonium sulphate was the most toxic compound to rainbow trout compared to composite fertilizers.