Nitrite Toxicity and Methemoglobin Changes in Southern Flounder,Paralichthys lethostigma,in Brackish Water |
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| Authors: | Jeonghwan Park Harry V Daniels Sung Hwoan Cho |
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| Institution: | 1. Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, , Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 71601 USA;2. Department of Biology, North Carolina State University, , Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695 USA;3. Division of Marine Environmental and Bioscience, College of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea Maritime University, , Busan, 606‐79 South Korea |
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| Abstract: | This study was performed to estimate the nitrite toxicity to southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, in brackish water (7.5 ppt of salinity). For a LC50 test, 20 fingerlings (5.7 ± 0.4 cm) in each aquarium (15 L) were exposed to the concentrations of 0, 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 240 mg NO2?‐N/L in duplication for 10 d. Median lethal concentration at 96 h (96‐h LC50) was calculated as 81.6 mg NO2?‐N/L. For a verification test, young flounder (164.2 ± 9.1 g) were exposed to a simulated culture condition in recirculating systems (1000 L). Sodium nitrite was not added to control system, whereas it was added to Treatment system 1 (TS 1) and Treatment system 2 (TS 2) to maintain nitrite concentrations of 20 and 30 mg NO2?‐N/L, respectively. The plasma nitrite concentrations of the young flounder in TS 1 and TS 2 were 4.5 and 6.6 mg NO2?‐N/L, respectively, after 2 wk. At this time, the methemoglobin percentages in TS 1 and TS 2 reached 85.8 and 89.7%, and survival rates were 37.5 and 25.0%, respectively. The results of these tests indicate that southern flounder do not concentrate nitrite in blood from the environment, but they seem to be more sensitive to nitrite compared with other species that do not concentrate nitrite. |
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