METHOD FOR ASSESSING SUITABILITY OF SEA WATER FOR GROWING COMMERCIAL BIVALVE MOLLUSKS Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC G01N33/18 

FIELD: biotechnology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to biology, aquaculture, and is method for assessing suitability of sea water for growing commercial bivalve molluscs, consisting in the use of fertilized egg cells of bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis as a test object for water quality assessment, the development of which is carried out in the test water and in control, and then compare the effect of the test medium and the control on the development of embryos, characterized in that 12 minutes after fertilization the eggs were washed was filtered seawater were separated into equal parts and kept 2 hours and 36 minutes in the test medium and in the control at optimal density planting fertilized eggs 50 thousand Cl./l seawater temperature 14.7°C, and impact criteria consider level of embryonic development of larvae, the presence or absence of chromosomal abnormalities in embryonic mussels, and the value of mineral and organic phosphate content in the test sea water not exceeding 12 mcg⋅l^-1.

EFFECT: invention provides reliable estimate of biochemical quality of sea water for the cultivation of larvae of commercial shellfish in the nursery and when selecting areas of the sea for marinas.

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