Open AccessEffect of Insecticide Dichlorvos on Ovaries of Mosquito Fish Gambusia affinis (Baird and Girard)
Author(s) -
Suha Abdul-Khaliq Al-Jowari
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
mağallaẗ baġdād li-l-ʿulūm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2411-7986
pISSN - 2078-8665
DOI - 10.21123/bsj.8.4.934-939
Subject(s) - dichlorvos , gonadosomatic index , gambusia , biology , toxicology , ovary , fish <actinopterygii> , pesticide , zoology , fishery , fecundity , ecology , medicine , endocrinology , population , environmental health
The toxicity of insecticide dichlorvos (90%) was tested in ovaries of mosquito fish using three sublethal concentrations (0.3, 0.6, 0.8 µg/L) and studied their effects on the means of body and ovary weights, gonadosomatic index, ovum size and ova number. Results showed that there was a significant (P