The Coastal Resource Coordinator's Bioassessment Manual

Protocols From Recommended Guidelines
For Conducting Laboratory Bioassays On
Puget Sound Sediments (Puget Sound Estuary
Program, 1991)........................................................................8-21
TEST SELECTION............................................... 8-31
REFERENCES.......................................................... 8-37
CHAPTER 9 AQUATIC PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS
DEFINITION ............................................................... 9-1
TEMPERATURE......................................................... 9-1
SALINITY................................................................... 9-2
SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE ............................................. 9-4
TOTAL SOLIDS/MOISTURE CONTENT ...................... 9-5
TOTAL VOLATILE SOLIDS AND TOTAL ORGANIC
CARBON ................................................................... 9-6
OIL AND GREASE ..................................................... 9-9
TOTAL SULFIDE ..................................................... 9-10
ACID VOLATILE SULFIDES ..................................... 9-11
pH ........................................................................... 9-12
EH (ELECTRODE POTENTIAL) ................................ 9-13
SUMMARY....................................................................................9-14
ADDITIONAL READING.............................................................9-15
REFERENCES ...............................................................................9-15
APPENDIX A GLOSSARY ............................................... A-1
APPENDIX B PROTOCOLS ............................................ B-1
APPENDIX C
TOXICITY TEST SENSITIVITY COMPARISON
TABLE ...................................................... C-1
v July 2003