International Journal of
Fisheries and Aquaculture

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Fish. Aquac.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9839
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJFA
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 238

Full Length Research Paper

Effect of different dosages of zinc on the growth and biomass in five marine microalgae

Dinesh Kumar S.
  • Dinesh Kumar S.
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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P. Santhanam
  • P. Santhanam
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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S. Ananth, A. Shenbaga Devi
  • S. Ananth, A. Shenbaga Devi
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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R. Nandakumar
  • R. Nandakumar
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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B. Balaji Prasath
  • B. Balaji Prasath
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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S. Jeyanthi,
  • S. Jeyanthi,
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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T. Jayalakshmi
  • T. Jayalakshmi
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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P. Ananthi
  • P. Ananthi
  • Marine Planktonology and Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, School of Marine Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024, Tamil Nadu, India.
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  •  Accepted: 10 December 2013
  •  Published: 07 January 2014

Abstract

Marine environment often restrain toxic heavy metals that may enter into the food web via uptake by microalgae and eventually cause severe poisoning problems at higher tropic levels. The effects of Zinc cations upon growth of five native microalgal species, Chlorella marina, Isochrysis galbana, Tetraselmis sp., Nannochloropsis sp., and Dunaliella salina were evaluated. Growth inhibition of the microalgal cells were determined by exposing them to different concentrations of aqueous solutions of zinc metal for 15 days. A major reduction in cell density was observed in all the five cultures in the concentration of 50 ppm. Among the five micro algal species tested, Tetraselmis sp. alone showed growth up to 250 ppm concentration of zinc metal till the final day (15th day) of experiment.

Key words: Zinc, microalgae, heavy metal, Chlorella marina, Tetraselmis sp.

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