Table 2.

Hatching percentage of Artemia cysts treated with various nanomolar concentrations of silver nanoparticles.

Parameter	Concentration levels in nanomolar (nm)	Initial number of Artemia cyst	Number of cysts hatched after 24 hours	Number of cysts unhatched after 24 hours	Hatching percentage (mean ± SD)
Hatching efficiency after 24 hours	Control	60	43	17	71.66 ± 1.52
	2	60	34	26	56.66 ± 2.30
	4	60	30	30	50.00 ± 1.00
	6	60	25	35	41.60 ± 0.57
	8	60	22	38	36.66 ± 0.57
	10	60	18	42	31.66 ± 1.52
	12	60	13	47	21.66 ± 0.57