Experiments were performed in the laboratory to determine if excess levels of Co used as dietary supplement (0.0, 0.05, 0.10 and 1.0%) to enhance growth of the fish Cyprinus carpio was safe for aquatic organisms. Lethal concentrations of Co for tadpole of toad Bufo melanostictus (96 h LC(50), 17.2 mg/L), oligochaet worm Branchiura sowerbyi (96 h LC(50), 179 mg/L) and crustacean zooplankton Diaptomus forbesi (96 h LC(50), 1.5 mg/L) were compared with the concentration of Co in the medium leached from the unused diets and faeces. The results indicated that the Co leached from diet containing 1.0% Co was ecotoxicologically unsafe for crustacean zooplankton.
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