Salmon as a Bioassay Model of Effects of Total Dissolved Solids (Juneau Center for Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, 2003)
This final report describes a comprehensive study of the lethal and sublethal effects of total dissolved solids (TDS) on salmonid embryos and juveniles, including acute and chronic exposure bioassays across multiple species (coho, chum, king, pink, steelhead salmon, and arctic char). The research found that fertilization was the most sensitive developmental stage to TDS exposure, with significant effects observed at concentrations as low as 250 ppm, and that different salmonid species exhibited varying sensitivities to TDS.
- Date
- 2003-02-03
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Alaska Science and Technology Foundation, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Juneau Center School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Michael S. Stekoll, William W. Smoker, Ivan A. Wang, Barbi J. Failor, Douglas Island Pink and Chum Inc., Teck Cominco Alaska Incorporated, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Alaska Council of Producers, NOAA Fisheries Auke Bay Laboratory, Columbia Analytical Services
- Locations
- Juneau, Alaska, Macaulay Salmon Hatchery, Salmon Creek, Red Dog Mine, Kotzebue, Alaska, Douglas Island, Baranof Island, Little Port Walter, Alaska, Northwest Alaska
- Parameters
- total dissolved solids (TDS), water quality, salmonid embryos, fertilization rates, mortality, growth and development, dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, ammonia, calcium, sulfate, magnesium, potassium, sodium, hatching, deformities, length and weight
- Pages
- 92
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