Heavy metal toxicity to fiddler crabs, Uca annulipes Latreille and Uca triangularis (Milne Edwards): Respiration on exposure to copper, mercury, cadmium, and zinc

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01702254· OSTI ID:7244254

Uma Devi, V; Prabhakara Rao, Y ^[1]

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1. Andhra Univ., Waltair (India)

Respiration of animals is considered to be an indicator of their metabolic index and is used to evaluate the effect of stress or toxic substances in the environment. In an earlier investigation, an attempt was made to study the toxic effects of four heavy metals viz., Cu, Cd, Hg and Zn on fiddler crabs Uca annulipes and Uca triangularis obtained from polluted (Viskhapatnam Harbor) and unpolluted (Bhimilipatnam) environs. The present paper deals with respiratory metabolism of fiddler crabs Uca annulipes and Uca triangularis of Visakhapatnam Harbor by exposing them to different test concentrations of heavy metals i.e. Cu, Cd, Hg and Zn as these are the chief pollutants in their environment. A comparison has also been made with the respiratory metabolism of their counterparts collected from an unpolluted environment i.e. Bhimilipatnam.

• OSTI ID: 7244254
• Journal Information: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Vol. 43:1; ISSN 0007-4861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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