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Fully defined saltwater medium for cultivation of and toxicity testing with marine copepod Acartia tonsa
Author(s) -
Kusk K. Ole,
Wollenberger Leah
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620180731
Subject(s) - acartia tonsa , copepod , acartia , seawater , biology , environmental chemistry , artemia salina , nonylphenol , salinity , toxicity , crustacean , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry
The marine copepod Acartia tonsa and the food organism Rhodomonas salina were cultured in fully defined medium for 8 months without problems. Both organisms were also cultured in natural seawater and in a commercial salt mixture for at least two generations before the sensitivities of A. tonsa to bisphenol A, potassium dichromate, nonylphenol, and 3,5‐dichlorophenol in the three different media were compared and found to be at the same level. The defined medium may be used for cultivation and testing, thus avoiding unknown background contaminants.