Title: Comparative toxicity heavy metal compounds juvenile golden apple snail, Pomacea sp URL: Retrieve Description: Mercury,

cadmium and copper which are heavy metal widely used in industry and contaminate aquatic ecosystems as toxic pollutants, were investigated for acute toxicity to the golden apple snail, Pomacea sp. The bioassay experiments in static water system were undertaken to determine the 24-, 48-. 72- and 96-hour mean lethal concentrations for the snail. The experiments were repeated three times. In addition, behavioral and morphological changes of exposed snails at each metal concentration were observed. Data obtained from the acute toxicity tests were evaluated using the probit analysis statistical method. The 24-hour LC50 values (upper and lower 95% confidence limits) for the snail were estimated as 1.57 mg/l (0.92 and 2.67 mg/l) of mercury, 2.25 mg/l (1.24 and 4.66 mg/l) of cadmium and 4.84 mg/l (3.17 and 8.35 mg/l) of copper. The 48-hour LC50 values were estimated as 0.57 mg/l (0.22 and 0.96 mg/l) of mercury, 2.07 mg/l (1.54 and 3.54 mg/l) of cadmium and 1.85 mg/l (1.06 and 0.90 mg/l) of copper. The 72-hour LC50 values were estimated as 0.17 mg/l (0.07 and 0.26 mg/l) of mercury, 0.68 mg/l (0.48 and 0.90 mg/l) of cadmium and 0.92 mg/l (0.64 and 1.78 mg/l) of copper. The 96-hour LC50 values were estimated as 0.07 mg/l (0.05 and 0.10 mg/l) of mercury, 0.47 mg/l (0.28 and 0.84 mg/l) of cadmium and 0.12 mg/l (0.08 and 0.17 mg/l) of copper. Based on LC50 values after 24-, 48-, 72- and 96-hour exposure. mercury was more toxic than cadmium and copper. At the 24- and 72-hour cadmium was more toxic than copper. Conversely, at the 48- and 96-hour copper was more toxic than cadmium. In the metal bioaccumulation experiment, residues of mercury, cadmium and copper in the freshwater snail, Pomacea sp. were shown to be 334.91 mg/kg dry weight, 126.56 mg/kg dry weight and 125.46 mg/kg dry weight, respectively after 96 hours. Copper was accumulated the least, while mercury was present in the greatest concentration. The results of this study indicate the possibility of using freshwater snail. Pomacea sp. as a biomonitor for heavy metal contaminants in freshwater resources. Related Research Sudan-savanna rain-forest onchocerciasis in Africa - epidemiological problem: Sudansavanna and rain-forest onchocerciasis caused by Onchocerca volvulus and transmitted by members of the complex of Simulium damnosum Theo. in West Africa have many epidemiological features in common, but an essential difference between them i... Characterization cyclic nucleotide independent protein kinase highly active human adreno cortical carcinoma: Study of the protein kinase activity pattern of 4 human adrenocortical carcinoma showed that in all the samples examined a histone kinase (HK III) activity was present at high level, whereas it was barely detectable in normal tissue. HK III was se... STAT signaling pathogenesis cure leukemias: Leukemias continue to cause significant mortality in adults and children, and the use of standard cytotoxic chemotherapy has reached a therapeutic plateau. Thus, there is great interest in treatments directed against

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