Produced Water Series: the interactive effects of essential ions and salinity on the survival of mysidopsis bahia in 96-H acute toxicity tests of effluents discharged to marine and estuarine receiving waters

摘要

The importance of salinity in whole effluent toxicity test using marine organisms has been acknowledged in most testing protocols. However, little if any attention has been given to the specific effects of alteration of the ionic composition of seawater solutions to the test organism. The presence of persistent toxicity in effluents with no apparent toxic agents prompted examination of the potential influence of essential ions on the survival of the opossum shrimp, Mysidopsis bahia, a common effluent toxicity indicator organism.