2. Material and Methods: 2.1. Experimental organism: Hydropsyche siltalai and H. pellucidula were

A little more than a hundred milligrams of arsenic trioxide would can cause death. In extensive measures, arsenic can kill quickly and the person would die before the onset of the symptoms. Indications of arsenic poisoning are: irritation of the gastric and intestinal zones alongside extreme spewing and looseness of the bowels spotted with blood, another sign is also unbearable torment, and extreme thirst, and a general assault on every one of the frameworks of the body is experienced by the patient. In the occurrence that the patient is lucky, the cardiovascular framework would crumple and demise would happen inside a couple of hours. Be that as it may, a few people stay alive for a few days. This is in light of the fact that the patient stays normal.This is made worse because the patient remains rational and intelligible. If arsenic does not kill you right away, it causes cancer which will eventually lead to

Ps: the iodine was already really dark so it was very hard to see much difference between the control and the others.

Studies of Daphnia presented information which elluded to the idea that Daphnia would react to environmental pollutants within a relatively short timeframe; therefore, a lab was constructed to find the effects of copper sulfate in a Daphnia’s system. Before beginning, the hypothesis was gathered: if the concentrations of copper sulfate in the water are high, then the Daphnia would be afflicted with symptoms associated with physical decline. Daphnia, known as water fleas, are small crustaceans who get their common name from their jerky movements. The organisms reside within lakes and ponds often in limestone-based areas found all over the world. Daphnia consume algae, specifically the free-living green type, yeasts, and bacteria; therefore,

The uptake guarantees that the species is able to respond to the loss of ions due to the hypo-osmotic medium. This is intensified due to the high surface to volume ratio the Daphnia have. The rate in which the organism is affected is dependant primarily on the size of the daphnia and determines the species sensitivity to ionoregulatory toxicants (Bianchini & Wood 2007).

The purpose of this experiment was we were trying to see if the number of arthropods would be significantly different in sparse and dense areas of the woods. Ms.Ehnert provided us with the design of a trap to set up in the woods so we could more actually count the amount and types of bugs that we find. The trap was a cup filled with anti-freeze that we put in the ground and then covered it with a paper plait, but raised it so bugs could get in and bigger animals couldn’t. We waited for a week to collect the results and then counted all of them and sorted them. My hypothesis was based off of common sense, the simple assumption that less trees equals less arthropods and more trees equals more arthropods. I knew that living things need a habitat

Fresh cell homogenate of G. semen collected from Lake Jelino (“FH” treatments) with chl-a range: 894 – 3576 mg m-3, caused distinct negative effect on Daphnia survival (Fig. 2.). It increased with the increasing biomass of alga and time of exposure. At lower chl-a concentrations (894 and 1778 mg m-3) the survival rate averaged 40% – 70 % after 24 h and 20 % – 30 % after 48 and 72 h of exposure. However, the addition of the most concentrated and fresh G.semen homogenized biomass (chl-a: 3576 mg m-3) caused 100% Daphnia mortality already after

1.) My hypothesis that the insects would be most repelled by the lemon plant extract was not supported. Our key findings in the experiment do not support my hypothesis because the lemon had a 60% repulsion response and was the second most repulsive behind orange with a 70% repulsion response. Although the Earthworms were repelled by the lemon plant extract, they were more so repelled by the orange plant extract. 2.)

Bioassays, Daphnia magna, were used to monitor water for the presence of toxic compounds in various water samples, including samples 1 mile upstream from the Fletcher’s Paint dump site and one mile downstream. A bioassay is a living organism that serves as a detector for toxins. It is hypothesized that if the Daphnia mortality rate when exposed to water samples from various locations is higher in greater solutions, then their deaths' indicate that the water contains toxic compounds due to the harmful toxins that originated from human pollution. This is the same hypothesis for the Fletcher’s Paint experiment.

While nitrates are one of the major contaminants in the area, San Joaquin Valley residents face drinking water pollution from many other sources including arsenic, coliform bacteria, and pesticides. Arsenic is a naturally occurring semi-metal element that is found in different types of rocks. While arsenic primarily occurs naturally, human activities impact the amount of arsenic in groundwater. Arsenic is not only toxic at high concentrations, but also harmful after prolonged exposure at moderately elevated levels. California recognizes arsenic as a human carcinogen and believes prolonged exposure to the element to be associated with various cancers, including skin, bladder, kidney, lung, and liver cancers. A study in Maine found a connection between water contaminated

This experiment investigated the effects of changing temperate and salinity on the heart rate of Daphnia sp.. The hypothesis states that the heart rate of Daphnia sp. will be significantly higher at 20oC compared to 10oC. Results showed that the heart rate of Daphnia sp. at a higher temperature correlates with an increased heart rate.

- Tests determined increase levels of arsenic, selenium and other metals in the surrounding waters and in sediment nearby.

Figure 1. shows the average leaf mass decomposition rate for invasive species leaves and native species leaves Results Explanation – In the experiment, we found that the invasive species leaves have a isopods faster decomposition rate than the native species leaves. The treatment used in the experiment differentiated only where the 1 gram (each) of the two different types of leaves were used. At the end of the experiment, the leaves had little to no moisture left to them and the 2 isopods were dead. Discussion – 1)

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The outcome of this lab proved for the prediction to be true. The organisms in the aquatic chamber died out and the water quality slowly deteriorated before the lab ended. Although the organisms eventually died, there was a time when the aquatic chamber was able to support life. The aquatic chamber had its own food chain where the fish ate the plant to stay alive. Furthermore, the water quality of the chamber began to deteriorate over the few weeks becoming a cloudy murky brown color.

Arsenic trioxide is used as ingredient compounds like insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, glass, and ceramic [17]. Arsenic trioxide is carcinogen. Strong epidemiological evidence of cancer is in people exposed to arsenic trioxide, like cancers of lung, bladder, kidney, prostate, liver, breast, skin and colon [18]. Trivalent arsenic in the liver converted to non toxic compounds. Arsenic trioxide after ingestion during the methylation reaction as dimethylarsenic acid (50%), methylarsonic acid (14%), pentavalent arsenic (8%) and trivalent arsenic (8%) excreted in urine. The majority of these compounds excreted through the kidneys and a little excreted in feces [19,20].