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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Toxicol Chem. 2016 Dec 30;36(3):576–600. doi: 10.1002/etc.3676

Table 3.

Results of bioassays with Crustacea comparing NaHCO3 and NaCl

Species Endpoint Effect Concentration (mM) Salt Conductivity (μS cm −1) Reference
Ceriodaphnia dubia EC10 Reproduction 19.9 ± 1.5 NaHCO3 1900 Lopez Vera et al. [348]
C. dubia EC50 Reproduction 24.1 ± 0.3 NaHCO3
C. dubia EC10 Reproduction ND NaCl 2800
Daphnia magna 48-h LC50 Mortality 15.1 ± 2.2 NaHCO3 Hoke et al. [349]
D. magna 48-h LC50 Mortality 81.3 ± 6.2 NaCl
C. dubia 48-h LC50 Mortality 12.8 ± 1.5 NaHCO3
C. dubia 48-h LC50 Mortality 13.5 ± 2.2 NaCl
C. dubia 48-h LC50 Mortality 11.5 NaHCO3 Harper et al. [304]
C. dubia EC20 Reproduction 4.5 NaHCO3 Farag and Harper [305]
Paratya australiensis 10-d LC10 Mortality 10.1 ± 1.4 NaHCO3 Lopez Vera et al. [348]
P. australiensis 10-d LC50 Mortality 15.2 ± 2.5 NaHCO3

C10=10% effects concentration; EC20=20% effects concentration; LC10=10% lethal concentration; LC50=median lethal concentration; ND=not determined.