Tropical Marine Environmental Sciences
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024)

Toxicity of Cadmium (Cd) on Artemia salina

Dyonisius Hutauruk (Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Riau)
Yusni Ikhwan Siregar (Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Riau)
Irvina Nurrachmi (Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Riau)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 May 2024

Abstract

Cd is a non-essential metal and a widespread micropollutant that has physiological effects on aquatic organisms. Cd heavy metal poisoning can be acutely caused by contamination at high doses, while chronic poisoning is generally caused by low levels of contamination and long exposure time. This research was conducted in June 2022 at the Marine Chemistry Laboratory Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Riau, which aims to determine the value of LC50 (Lethal Concentration) for 24 hours after being given a toxicant in the form of Cd and to determine the level of Cd toxicity in A. salina. The method used in this research is the experimental method with the experimental unit A. salina. The LC50 of Cd on A. salina revealed 11.7109 mg/L. This concentration is capable of causing the death of 50% of the test animals. Furthermore, the water quality in the acute toxicity test, P0 (control), was classified as good to support the life of A. salina, while at P1 (3.13 mg/L) - P5 (50 mg/L), it was classified as polluted

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Journal Info

Abbrev

tromes

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Earth & Planetary Sciences Environmental Science Physics

Description

Focusing on aspects of Aquatic ecology and Biology ini marine water. Original research that makes a significant contribution to field of marine: Moleculer biology; marine biology; Environmental Sciences; Oceanography; GIS; Marine pollution; and ...