Artemia salina as a Bioassay Organism for Testing Water Quality in Hangzhou Section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

Author

Lu, Yin ; Xu, Xiaolu ; Li, Tian ; Chen, Zhuyong ; Huang, Qiongyao ; Huang, Yuji ; Wu, Xu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biol. & Environ. Eng., Zhejiang Shuren Coll., Hangzhou, China

fYear

2010

fDate

18-20 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Bioassays are required for the integrated evaluation of water pollution, as physical and chemical tests alone are not sufficient enough for the assessment of potential effects on aquatic organisms. In this study, invertebrate crustacean Artemia salina was applied as a indicator to assess the water quality of Hangzhou Section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. According to the result, improvement in water quality was observed between October 2008 and April 2009. It proved A. salina was sensitive in detecting toxicity in water quality.

Keywords

canals; toxicology; water quality; zoology; Artemia salina; Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal; Hangzhou Section; bioassay organism; brine shrimp larvae bioassays; invertebrate crustacean; toxicity; water pollution; water quality; Bridges; Cities and towns; Educational institutions; Irrigation; Organisms; Pollution measurement; Sampling methods; Testing; Water pollution; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

ISSN

2151-7614

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4712-1

Electronic_ISBN

2151-7614

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5517735

Filename

5517735