Laboratory Animal and Comparative Medicine ›› 2011, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 259-263.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-5817.2011.04.007

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Acute Toxicity of Oil Dispersant GM-2 to Four Species of Aquatic Animals

WANG Ying1, SUN Li-ping2, WEI She-lin1, CHENG lin1, HUANG Ren1   

  1. 1. Guangdong Laboratory Animals Monitoring Institute, Guangzhou 510260, China;
    2. The Marine Environmental Monitoring Station of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518054, China
  • Received:2011-01-18 Online:2011-08-25 Published:2011-08-25

Abstract: Objective To compare and determine the acute toxicity of oil dispersant GM-2 to the larvae of four species of aquatic animals and to provide reference for application and management of oil dispersant. Methods Static toxicitiy tests of oil dispersant GM-2 to Moina monggollica larvae, Ctenogobius gymnauchen larvae, Artemia nauplii and Litopenaeus vannamei postlarvae were carried out, and the measurement of 24h-median lethal concentrations (24hLC50) were done. Results The 24h LC50 values of the four aquatic animals were respectively 53.08, 228.98, 4132.79 and 9404.08 mg/L. Conclusion There were significant differences in toxicities of the oil dispersant, the sensitivities of the four aquatic animals to oil dispersant were from high to low Moina monggollica larvae, Ctenogobius gymnauchen larvae, Artemia nauplii and Litopenaeus vannamei postlarvae. There was strong acute toxicity of the oil dispersant to Moina monggollica larvae and Ctenogobius gymnauchen larvae, the 24 h LC50 were muchlower than that of the state standard (GB 181881.1-2000).

Key words: Moina monggollica, Ctenogobius gymnauchen, Artemia, Litopenaeus vannamei, Oil dispersant, Acute toxicity

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