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Research Paper | Toxicology Science | Volume 7 Issue 5, May 2018 | Pages: 1190 - 1192 | India
Decrease in Energy Level Due to Copper Toxicity on Fry of Fresh Water Edible Fish, Pangasianodon Hypophthalmus
Abstract: Cheapest readily available and important animal protein is fish, which is involved in socio-economic, ecological, health and aesthetic sense of man. As India is blessed with abundant water bodies, there is enormous potential for blue revolution to expand further. Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization copper in particular acted as one of the environmental contaminant, and is both an essential micronutrient as well as toxicant if present in more than required amounts especially in fish. Bioaccumulation studies show that Pangasianodon hypophthalmus fry accumulated the metal on exposure to sublethal concentration of copper. It was also found that the accumulation of the metal increased with increasing exposure period. Due to this energy levels from food of control fry showed a increase with increasing time. However, there was a significant decrease (P
Keywords: Essential micronutrient, Bioaccumulation, Environmental contaminant, urbanization, industrialization and base-line data
How to Cite?: Dr. S. Pratima Kumari, "Decrease in Energy Level Due to Copper Toxicity on Fry of Fresh Water Edible Fish, Pangasianodon Hypophthalmus", Volume 7 Issue 5, May 2018, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1190-1192, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20182566, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20182566