title: Effects of temperature on the sensitivity of Gammarus aequicauda (Martynov, 1931) to cadmium.
abstract: Gammarus aequicauda, collected at different times of the year was used to assess the mortality rates and the sensitivity to cadmium (96 h LC50), at different laboratory temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25 degrees C). The survival in 10 days sediment control test, was high at all tested temperatures, ranging from 4 +/- 1% at 10 degrees C (winter collection) to 13.3 +/- 2.1% at 25 degrees C (spring collection). The 96 h-LC50 values recorded, ranged from 1.50 mgCd/L in winter at 10 degrees C to 0.10 mgCd/L in spring and summer at 25 degrees C. The results showed that temperature and season of collection influenced mortality rates and G. aequicauda sensitivity to cadmium.
authors.affiliation: Section of Taranto, Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, CNR, Via Roma 3, 74100 Taranto, Italy. linda.prato@iamc.cnr.it
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Prato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biandolino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scardicchio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000633:toxicity*; D003445:Crustacea; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D013696:Temperature; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants; D002104:Cadmium