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High concentrations of DDT such as 2.5 p.p.m or 1.25 p.p.m or 0.62 p.p.m. solutions bring about an arrest of the heart of Caridina pristis in a very short time. Concentrations such as 0.1 and 0.05 p.p.m. decrease the heart rate with progress of time.
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A 2.50 p.p.m concentration of dieldrin arrest the heart beat within 100 minutes, while dilute concentrations increase the rate of heart pulsation.
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BHC appear to be similar to DDT in its effects on the rate of heart pulsation.
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Water of very low pH and very high pH decreases the rate of heart beat. High salinities increase the rate of pulsation.
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Costa, H.H. Effects of some common insecticides and other environmental factors on the heart beat of Caridina pristis. Hydrobiologia 35, 469–480 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00184571
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