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Suitability Assessment of Domestic Natural Waters as a Culture Medium for Daphnia magna  

Yeom, Dong-Hyuk (Global Environmental Regulation Compliance, Gyeongnam Environmental Toxicology Department, Korea Institute of Toxicology)
Jeon, Chan-Sig (Global Environmental Regulation Compliance, Gyeongnam Environmental Toxicology Department, Korea Institute of Toxicology)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.45, no.3, 2012 , pp. 271-277 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was conducted to assess the suitability of domestic natural waters as a Daphnia magna culture medium. In order to assess survival rate and reproductive output, young female daphnids (parent animals), aged less than 24 hours at the start of the test and produced in the Elendt M4 medium, were exposed to Elendt M4 medium, de-chlorinated tap water, and natural mineral water for 21 days. D. magna cultured in Elendt M4 medium (reference medium) and natural mineral water met the criteria of OECD No. 211, Daphnia magna Reproduction Test Guidelines in terms of percent adult survival, first day of reproduction, and average young production. However, the mortalities of adult daphnids observed in de-chlorinated tap water were more than 20% in two reproduction tests for 21 days. Mortality was observed on exposure days 13, 15, and 18 in de-chlorinated water. The use of D. magna is recommended in water of hardness >80 mg $CaCO_3\;L^{-1}$. However, the hardness of de-chlorinated tap water used in the present study was 50~53 mg $CaCO_3\;L^{-1}$. Therefore, it is judged that the delayed mortalities observed in de-chlorinated tap water were caused by a rapid decreased in hardness when the medium was changed from Elendt M4 to de-chlorinated tap water. When D. magna is cultured using domestic natural waters (underground water, surface water, and de-chlorinated water), the quality-control (QC) data should be maintained through a standardization for health assessment method, toxicity test method using reference chemical, test intervals of reference toxicant toxicity test, and data treatment and interpretation. In the long term, national research programs are needed for the development of test species which are representative of domestic aquatic environmental conditions among indigenous daphnids.
Keywords
Daphnia magna; Elendt M4 medium; de-chlorinated water; natural mineral water; survival; reproduction;
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