Table 2.
Lethal limits for H2O2exposure in various organisms.
Species | Type of assay | Effective dosage | Reference | |
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Cnidarians | Nematostella sp. | 14-d 100% mortality | 163 μM | [216] |
Crustaceans | Mysis sp. | 1-h LC50 | 29 mM | [265] |
Calanus finmarchicus | 1-h LC50 | 180 μM | [266] | |
Calanus spp. Stage V larvae | 1-h LC50 | 6.3 mM | [227] | |
Calanus spp. Stage V larvae | 25-h LC50 | 2.3 mM | [227] | |
Calanus spp. Adult | 1-h LC50 | 1.4 mM | [227] | |
Calanus spp. Adult | 25-h LC50 | 900 μM | [227] | |
Crangon septemspinosa | 1-h LC50 | 94 mM | [265] | |
Atemia salina | 24-h LC50 | 24 mM | [267] | |
Crophium volutator | 96-h LC50 | 1.4 mM | [268] | |
Homarus americanus, stage I larva | 1-h LC50 | 48 mM | [265] | |
Homarus gammarus, larvae stages I-IV | 1-h LC50 | 5.2–22 mM | [226] | |
Molluscs | Dreissena polymorpha | 72-h LC50 | 890 μM | [55] |
Fish | Siganus fuscescens | 24-h LC50 | 6.6 mM | [269] |
Trachurus japonicus | 24-h LC50 | 2.6 mM | [269] | |
Oncorhynchus mykiss juveniles | 3-h 90% mortality | ∼9 μMa | [270] | |
Phytoplankton | Microcystis aeruginosa | 3-h LC50 | 7.9–195 μM | [207] |
Selenastrum capricornutum | 3-h LC50 | 119–625.3 μM | [207] | |
Raphidocelis subcapitata | 3-h LC50 | 359–2088 μM | [207] | |
Prochlorococcus | 24-h 100% mortality | 800 nM | [200] | |
Zooplankton | Daphnia sp. | 48-h LC50 | 164 μM | [271] |
Moina sp | 48-h LC50 | 58.8 μM | [271] | |
Bacteria | Escherichia coli | 3 h-LC50 | 7.8 mM | [272] |
Escherichia coli | 6 h 100% mortality | 15 mM | [182] | |
Vibrio coralliilyticus | 0.5 h- LC50 | ∼15 μM | [67] |
Measured in the presence of harmful alga Heterosigma carterae; algal toxins likely enhanced ROS lethality.