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Chronic Exposure of Blue Crabs, Callinectes Sapidus, To Sublethal Concentrations of DDT
Author(s) -
Lowe Jack I.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934032
Subject(s) - callinectes , seawater , biology , juvenile , decapoda , ecology , fishery , crustacean , zoology
Juvenile blue crabs, Callinectes capidus, were reared in flowing seawater contraining sublethal concentrations of DDT. Crabs fed, molted, and grew for 9 months in seawater containing 0.25 ppb (micrograms/liter) DDT but could survive only a few days in water containing DDT in excess of 0.5 ppb.