Behavioural shift of estuarine mudcrab as biomarker of arsenic exposure in Sundarbans estuary of West Bengal
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Mudcrab Scylla serrata (Crustacea: Decapoda) in an ecologically and economically important species of Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve was studied for its behaviour under the exposure of toxic arsenic - a common xenobiotic of this area. The behavioural profile of aquatic animals exposed to diverse toxicants are considered as an index to estimate the degree and nature of stress experienced by the animals both in nature and in experimental conditions. Present investigation involved study of selected behavioural shift of S. serrata under the sublethal
concentrations of 1, 2 and 3 ppm of sodium arsenite for 1, 2, 3 and 4 days in controlled laboratory condition. Exposure to arsenic resulted an appearance of selected abnormal behavioural manifestation including tendency of avoidance, hypersecretion of mucoid element and release of excess excretory products. Toxin induced alteration of studied behaviour is indicative to possible shift in the overall physiological functions and biological activities of this important species in its natural habitat. Chronic exposure to 3 ppm of sodium arsenite for 30 days may lead to decline this economically important species in Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve.
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Scylla serrata, Sodium arsenite, Behaviour, Biomarker
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Chakraborty, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2008). Sodium arsenite induced alteration of hemocyte density of Lamellidens marginalis - an edible mollusk from India. Clean, 36 (2): 195-200.
Chaudhuri, A. B. and Choudhury, A. (1994). Mangrove of Sundarbans Vol. I: India (Zakir Hussain, M. and Acharya, G. Ed.) IUCN, Bangkok, Thailand. The World Conservation Union.
Das, S. and Roy Chowdhury, A. (2006). Arsenic: a global monster. Sci. Cult., 72(7- 8): 230-237.
Galloway, T. S. and Depledge, M. H. (2001). Immunotoxicity in invertebrates: measurement and Ecotoxicological relevance. Ecotoxicol., 10: 5- 23.
Ghosh, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2008). Kinetics of nonself adhesion and viability of immunocytes of blood of economically important Mollusc, Telescopium telescopium of Sundarbans estuary. Icfai J. Life Sci., 2(3): 7-14.
Gomez - Caminero, A., Howe, P., Hughes, M., Kenyon, E., Lewis, D. R., Moor, M., Nag. J., Aitio, A. and Becking, G. (2001). Summary in environmental health criteria 224, Arsenic and Arsenic compounds (Ed: 2nd), pp. 1-8: World Health Organization, Geneva.
Hart, W. B., Weston, R. F. and Demann, J. G. (1948). An apparatus for oxygenating test solutions in which fish are used as test animals for evaluating toxicity. Tran. Am. Fish Soc., 75: 228-239.
Heasman, M. P. and Fielder, D. R. (1983). Laboratory spawning and mass rearing of the mangrove crab (Scylla serrata Forskal), from first zoea to first crab stage. Aquacult., 34: 303-316.
Klassen, C. D. (1991). Principles of toxicology. In: Gilman, A. G., Tall, T. W., Nies, A. S., Taylor, P. (Eds.), Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed. McGraw Hill, pp. 49 – 61.
Krishnaja, A. P., Rege, M. S. and Joshi, A. G. (1987). Toxic effects of certain heavy metals (Hg, Cd, As, Se) on the intertidal crab Scylla serrata. Mar. Environ. Res., 21(2): 109-119.
Naskar, K. and Ghosh, A. (1989). Mangrove forest of the Sundarbans: Its impact on estuarine fisheries. Proceeding in Coast Zone Management of West Bengal, Sea Explores Institute, Calcutta, pp A 47-59.
Neff, J. M. (1997). Ecotoxicology of arsenic in the marine environment-review. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 16(5): 917- 927.
Panthi, S. R., Sharma, S. and Mishra, A. K. (2006). Recent status of arsenic contamination in groungwater of Nepal – a review. Kathmandu Uni. J. Sci. Engin. Tech., 2(1): 1-11.
Saha, S. and Ray, S. (2006). Hemocyte profile of the estuarine mud crab, Scylla serrata. Environ. Ecol., 24S (3A): 818- 819.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2007). Analyses of total count of hemocytes of estuarine crab, under acute arsenic exposure. Icfai J. Life Sci., 1(3): 75-78.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2008a). Kinetics of nonself surface adhesion and phagocytic response of hemocytes of Scylla serrata exposed to sodium arsenite. Toxicol. Int., 15(1): 15-19.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2008b). Nitric oxide generation by immunocytes of mud crab exposed to sodium arsenite. In Zoological Research in Human Welfare, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata Publication, paper 44: 425 – 428.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2009a). Recognition of antilymphocyte and antihemocyte sera by crab (Scylla serrata) hemocytes exposed to arsenic. Research in Environment and Life Science, 2(1): 1-6.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2009b). Activity of Phosphatase in the Hemocytes of Estuarine edible mud crab, Scylla serrata Exposed to Arsenic. Journal of Environmental Biology, 30(5): 655-658.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2009c). Effect of sublethal concentration of arsenic on hemocyte density in edible crab, Scylla serrata. Animal Biology Journal, 1(1): 17-26.
Saha, S., Ray, M. and Ray, S. (2010). Screening of phagocytosis and intrahemocytotoxicity in arsenic exposed crab as innate immune response. Asian Journal of Experimental Biological Sciences, 1(1): 47-54.
Sarkar, S. K., Bhattacharya, B., Debnath, S. Bandopadhaya, G. and Giri, S. (2002). Heavy metals in biota from Sundarbans wetland ecosystem, India: Implications to monitoring and environmental assessment. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management, 5(4): 467-472.
Sarkar, S. K., Franciskovic-Bilinski, S., Bhattacharya, M., Saha, M. and Bilinski, H. (2004). Level of elements in the surficial estuarine sediments of the Hugli River, northeast India and their environmental implications. Environ. Int., 30 (8): 1089-1098.
Vardhannan, S. Y. and Radhakrishnan, T. (2002). Acute toxicity of copper, arsenic and HCH to paddy field crab, Paratelphusa hydrodromus (Herb.). J. Environ. Biol., 23(4): 387-392.
Victor, B. (1993). Responses of hemocytes and gill tissues to sublethal cadmium chloride poisoning in the crab, Paratelphusa hydrodromous (Herbst.). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 24: 432-439.
Vijayavel, K., Anbuselvam, C., Balasubramanian, M. P., Samuel, V. D. and Gopalakrishnan, S. (2006). Assessment of biochemical components and enzyme activities in the estuarine crab, Scylla traquebarica from naphthalene contaminated habitants. Ecotoxicol., 15(5): 469-476.
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Behavioural shift of estuarine mudcrab as biomarker of arsenic exposure in Sundarbans estuary of West Bengal. (2010). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 2(2), 258-262. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v2i2.131
