The Open Environmental Pollution & Toxicology Journal

2010, 2 : 16-20
Published online 2010 May 07. DOI: 10.2174/1876397901002010016
Publisher ID: TOEPTJ-2-16

Toxicity of on the Nontarget Organisms (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca, Anostraca, Spinicaudata)

Erich Eder and Iris Schönbrunner
University of Vienna, Department of Evolutionary Biology, UZA-I Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien, Austria, Europe

ABSTRACT

In a blind and randomised study, early postlarval stages of the tadpole shrimp Triops cancriformis, the fairy shrimp Branchipus schaefferi, and the clam shrimp Leptestheria dahalacensis were exposed to different concentrations of a commonly available Bti suspension, equivalent to 0, 4.5 (recommended treatment concentration), 45, 450, and 4500 AA/l. No statistically significant correlations were found between Bti concentration and mortality or longevity of the examined organisms.

Keywords:

Bti, toxicity, Triops, Branchipus, Leptestheria.