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Table 4

Culture medium formulations for macrophytes and phytoplankton.

For macrophytes For phytoplankton (algae and cyanobacteria)


Salts Swedish Standard (SIS) Lemna growth medium according to OECD 221 20X AAP growth medium according to OECD 221 Salts Original medium from OECD TG 201 according to ISO 8692 US EPA medium AAP according to ASTM Uspensky's medium according to ERD, 2011






Concentration, mg/L Concentration, mg/L
NaNO3 85 510 NaHCO3 50 15.0
Na2CO3 20 NaNO3 25.5
NaHCO3 300 NH4Cl 15
KH2PO4 13.4 MgCl2·6H2O 12 12.16
K2HPO4 · 3H2O 30 CaCl2·2H2O 18 4.41
MgSO4 · 7H2O 75 290 MgSO4·7H2O 15 14.6 25
CaCl2 · 2H2O 36 90 KH2PO4 1.6
H3BO3 1.0 3.7 K2HPO4 1.044 25
MnCl2·4H2O 0.2 8.3 KNO3 25
MnCl2·6H2O 240 K2CO3 34.5
Na2MoO4·2H2O 0.01 145 μg/L FeCl3·6H2O 0.064 0.160
ZnSO4·7H2O 0.05 H2BO3 0.185 0.186 2.86
ZnCl2 66 μg/L MnCl2 0.415 0.415 1.81
CuSO4·5H2O 0.005 ZnCl2 0.003 0.00327  
CuCl2·2H2O 0.24 μg/L ZnSO4·7H2O 0.222
Co(NO3)2·6H2O 0.01 CoCl2·6H2O 0.0015 0.00143
CoCl2·6H2O 29 μg/L CuCl2·2H2O 0.00001 0.000012
FeCl3·6H2O 0.84 3.2 Na2MoO4·2H2O 0.007 0.00726
Na2-EDTA·2H2O 1.4 6.0 Na2-EDTA·2H2O 0.100 0.300
MOPS 490 MoO3 0.01764
NH4VO 0.02296

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