Lampito mauritii
[ref. ID; 6008]
Test system
Strains
Toxicants
Tannery effluent (including chromium)
Test design
Continuous flow system apparatus.
Measurements
Respiration rate using Winkler's method.
[ref. ID; 6870]
Test system
Acute toxicity
Strains
From residential localities in the Visakhapatnam. Healthy and nearly equal sized worms weighing between 1.0 to 1.5 g.
Toxicants
Monocrotophos, dichlorvos.
Test design
10 worms were used for each concentration with water as well as moist vermiculite. Exposure period 24, 48, 72, and 96 hr.
Measurements
Mortality.
Evaluations
LC50.