Abstract:
Under static water conditions with low salt and high alkalinity(salinity 5,total alkalinity 250 mg/L),the acute toxicity test was conducted to examine the effect of ammonia nitrogen on
Litopenaeus annamei juveniles with body length of(1.12±0.45) cm.Results showed that median lethal concentrations(LC
50) of ammonia nitrogen were 1 001.17,63.41,47.98,28.30 mg/L at the time point of 24,48,72,96 h respectively under low salt and high alkalinity conditions,so that its safe concentrations of total ammonia nitrogen and ionic ammonia nitrogen for
Litopenaeus annamei juveniles were 2.83 mg/L and 0.22 mg/L,respectively.Ammonia nitrogen is highly toxic to
Litopenaeus annamei,and measures to reduce the content of ammonia nitrogen have been proposed.