Title :
Notice of Retraction
The Acute Toxicity and Chronic Effect of Atrazine to the Juvenile Chinese Mitten-Handed Crab, Eriocheir sinensis
Author :
Shumei Mu ; Xianjiang Kang ; Zhifu Zhang ; Genliang Li ; Yan Yang ; Mingshen Guo ; Jikun Tong
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Life Sci., Hebei Univ., Baoding, China
Abstract :
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
The acute toxicity of Atrazine (ATR, the most widely used herbicides in our country) to the juvenile Eriocheir sinensis (6.9 - 13.2 g in wet weight) was investigated. The results showed that the 96-h half lethal concentration (LC50) exceeded 181 mg/L. Meanwhile, juvenile male crabs were exposed to this herbicide at doses 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1 and 10 mg/L during 60 days, in order to evaluate the potential action of the herbicide as an endocrine disruptor. At relatively higher concentration (0.1, 1 mg/L), ATR could significantly increase progesterone concentration in serum of the male crabs.
Keywords :
agrochemicals; biochemistry; toxicology; water pollution; water quality; Eriocheir sinensis; acute toxicity; atrazine; chronic effect; endocrine disruptor; half lethal concentration; herbicide; juvenile Chinese mitten-handed crab; juvenile male crabs; male crab serum; progesterone concentration; Biochemistry; Chemicals; Endocrine system; Marine animals; Materials; Solvents;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, (iCBBE) 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5088-6
DOI :
10.1109/icbbe.2011.5780815
