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Acute Toxicity of Nitrite to Various Life Stages of the Amazon River Prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum, Heller, 1862

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This study determined the effects of nitrite on different life stages of the Amazon river prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum. Prawns of each life stage (postlarvae, juveniles and adults) were stocked in 24 experimental units (n = 10 prawns), under a complete randomized design. Individuals were exposed to nitrite (0, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 mg L−1). The median lethal concentration after 96 h (96 h LC50) was calculated through the Weibull I. The mortality results showed that M. amazonicum is slightly less tolerant to nitrite than other species of Macrobrachium. The 96 h LC50 for postlarvae, juveniles and adults of M. amazonicum were of 1.49, 2.36 and 2.34 mg nitrite/L, respectively. Nitrite intoxication risk quotient suggest moderated risk to low risk to the species. Usually in production systems nitrite values are lower than safe levels suggested in this study (0.1 mg L−1 to postlarvae and 0.2 mg L−1 nitrite to juvenile and adults), which makes our results appropriate for the production of this species.

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Acknowledgments

Authors would like to thank the Laboratory of prawn culture of the CA-UNESP in Jaboticabal, for the donation of the M. amazonicum. Authors also thank the financing from the CAPES and CNPq, and the Sponsor of Studies and Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology (FINEP) and Ministry of Education (MEC/ProExt). Carolina Arruda Freire and Eduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester are research fellows of National Council for the Development of Science and Technology of Brazil (CNPq) also gratefully acknowledged.

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    Fabrício Martins Dutra, Carolina Arruda Freire & Eduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester

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    Fabrício Martins Dutra, André Martins Vaz dos Santos, Claudia Caramelo Brazão & Eduardo Luis Cupertino Ballester

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Dutra, F.M., Freire, C.A., Vaz dos Santos, A.M. et al. Acute Toxicity of Nitrite to Various Life Stages of the Amazon River Prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum, Heller, 1862. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 97, 619–625 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1932-2

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