TABLE  2.   ARTIFICIAL
SEAWATERS - KEY

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ASW # ASW NAME AND TYPE ABBREV. LIT. CIT. NOTES
1 "MBL" Formula MBL A1,B1 N1
2 TRIS-buffered MBL TRIS-MBL A1,B2 N2
3 Calcium Free MBL CaF-MBL A1 N3
4 Magnesium Free MBL MgF-MBL A1 N4
5 Ca++ and Mg++ Free MBL CaMgF-MBL A1 N5
6 "Trace" Formula MBL Trace-MBL A1,B1 N6
7 Chloride Free, Iodide-MBL ClF-I-MBL A1 N7
8 Chloride Free, Nitrate-MBL ClF-N-MBL A1 N8
9 Calcium Free, Moore CaF-M A1 N9
10 Calcium Free, Shapiro CaF-S A1 N10
11 Calcium Free + EGTA CaF-E B11 N11
12 Sodium Free NaF B10 N12
13 TES-buffered Sodium Free TES-NaF B12 N13
14 TES-buffered TES B12 N14
15 MOPS-buffered MOPS B9 N15
16 Brujewicz BZ A1,B3 N16
17 Allen-Pantin AP A1,A2 N17
18 Horstadius-Bialascewicz HB A1,B5 N18
19 Horstadius-Roscoff HR A1,B5 N19
20 Van't Hoff alpha VHa A1,B6,B7 N20
21 Van't Hoff beta VHb A1,B6,B8 N21
22 Challenger CH A1,B4 N22


ABBREVIATIONS: ASW = Artificial Seawater, EGTA = ethylenebis(oxyethylenenitrilo)tetraacetic acid, MBL = Marine Biological Laboratory, TRIS = tris hydroxymethylaminomethane, MOPS = 4-morpholinepropanesulfonic acid, TES = 2-{[tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl]amino}-1-ethane sulfonic acid. (Click Back button to return to Table)