Nuclear and Morphological Alterations in Erythrocytes, Antioxidant Enzymes, and Genetic Disparities Induced by Brackish Water in Mrigal Carp (Cirrhinus mrigala)

Table 1

Physico-chemical properties of water in various salinity.

Parameters	Salinity levels
	T0	T1	T2	T3
Electrical conductivity (mS/cm)	5.73	30.7	82.8	104.6
Water temperature (°C)	26.8	27.2	26.2	28.1
Total dissolved solids (mg/L)	172.7	195.7	212.7	228.4
Dissolved oxygen (mg/L)	6.97	7.11	7.33	7.38
pH	7.5	7.7	7.9	8.1
Total hardness (mg/L)	291.45	515.62	711.8	1036.4
Chlorides (mg/L)	48.6	472.3	758.5	1037.7
Magnesium (mg/L)	72.63	112.7	197.4	242.9
Calcium (mg/L)	44.56	59.5	77.3	104.8
Potassium (mg/L)	3.36	27.6	33.8	38.9
Sulphates (mg/L)	7.87	12.6	15.7	17.4
Sodium (mg/L)	43.86	211.5	387.3	667.9
Total alkalinity (CaCO3 mg/L)	273.89	321.5	335.8	360.3

T: treatments; T0: 0.00.00 ppt; T1: 3.00 ppt; T2: 5.00 ppt; T3: 7.00 ppt.