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ISO TS 18220 1st Edition, July 1, 2016 Water quality - Larval development test with the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes
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Description / Abstract:
This Technical Specification specifies an early-life stage procedure for determination of the toxic effects of chemicals and water samples on a cold-water brackish water copepod species under semistatic conditions. The biological test variables include survival and development of the early-life stages. The exposure starts with newly hatched (24 h) nauplii (larvae) and is continued until emergence of (c. 50 %) copepodites (juveniles) in the control.
The benthic living Nitocra complements the planktonic Acartia species in ISO 16778. These organisms represent different life-history strategies as Nitocra is egg-carrying, whereas Acartia is a broadcasting calanoid copepod and thus, different sensitivities of specific life stages. Nitocra is a fresh to brackish water species, which allows testing low salinity waters and is complementary to A. tonsa, which is of marine origin and poorly tolerates low salinities.