Toxicity Of Pesticides To Fish

The present work is the first major attempt at reviewing comprehensively all the available information about the environmental fate and behaviour of the xenobiotic chemicals.

The present work is the first major attempt at reviewing comprehensively all the available information about the environmental fate and behaviour of the xenobiotic chemicals.

Contents: Introduction, Material and Methods, Independent and Combined Toxicity of Carbaryl and Phenthoate Determination of LC50 Values and Confirmation of Synergism, Some Observations and Physical, Morphological and Behavioural Changes in Channa Punctatus, Studies on Acetylcholinesterase, Studies on whole Animal and Tissue Respiration, Studies on Some Haematological Parameters, Studies on Some Aspects of Carbohydrate Metabolism, Studies on Some Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism, General Discussion, Summary.

Technical grade and field formulations of six experimental forest insecticides -- methomyl, carbaryl, aminocarb, trichlorfon, fenitrothion, and acephate -- were tested for acut toxicity against three species of aquatic invertebrates, (a daphnid, an amphipod, and larvae of a midge), and four species of fish (bluegill, rainbow trout, fathead minnow, channel catfish). Five of the six insecticides were highly toxic or extremely toxic to the daphnid, amphipod, and midge larvae. The sixth insecticide, acephate, was not toxic to invertebrates at concentrations up to 50 mg/L. Five of the insecticides ranged from highly toxic (methomyl to channel catfish) to relatively non-toxic (trichlorfon to fathead minnows); the sixth, acephate, was only slightly toxic to the fishes tested.