Effects of dispersed Bonny Light crude oil on two life stages of Oreochromis niloticus
The effects of Goldcrew, a chemical dispersant commonly used in crude oil spill incident, to alter interactions between the components of the crude and the biota in the ecosystem, were studied. We used a static renewal bioassay to study its effects on Bonny light crude using the tilapia, 0. niloticus at various concentrations for 50 days. A control experiment was also set up. The exposure concentration of the water accommodated fractions (WAF) of the mixture of the dispersant and Bonny Light crude, dispersed crude (DCOWAF-PAH) and the WAF of Bonny Light alone (COWAF-FIH) were 0.2,0.4,0.8 and 1.6m/L respectively. The mortalities of the fingerlings in different concentrations of the DCOWAF-PAH were 66.7%, 23.3%, 86.75% and 100% in the 0.2. 0.4, 0.8 and 1.6m/L exposure centrations respectively. At these concentrations, mortality was significantly different (P<0.05) between the fingergerlings and fry, with a total mortality of 69.2% among the fingerlings, while the fry had 5.8% mortality in the 0.8 and 1.6ml/L concentrations with 13.3% 10.0% respectively but the differences were not statistically significant (p<0.05). There was no mortality in the concentrations of COWAF- PAH. It can be said that Bonny Light was made more toxic to 0. niloticus by the presence of the dispersant; increased the susceptibility of the fingerlings to the mixture of crude and dispersant and influenced the behavior of the fish. There is therefore need to apply dispersants with caution especially around fish breeding and nursery ground.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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FISON
2013
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| Subjects: | Aquaculture, Pollution, Oreochromis niloticus, Nigeria, Goldcrew, Crude oil, O. niloticus, freshwater environment, automation, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/39026 |
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