Freshwater & Marine Testing

CANTEST offers a full range of aquatic bioassays using fish, invertebrates, plants and micro-organisms for biomonitoring requirements. Acute, sublethal or chronic tests can be performed with the following species:

Freshwater Test Organisms

• Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and other salmonids
• Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas)
• Cladocerans (Daphnia magna and Ceriodaphnia dubia)
• Freshwater amphipod (Hyalella azteca)
• Midge (Chironomus tentans)
• Oligochaete worm (Lumbriculus variegatus)
• Alga (Selenastrum capricornutum)
• Duckweed (Lemna minor)
• Microtox® (Vibrio fischeri)

Marine and Estuarine Test Organisms

• Salmon (Coho and Chinook)
• Topsmelt (Atherinops affinis)
• Inland silverside (Menidia beryllina)
• Sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus)
• Sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Arbacia punctulata)
• Amphipods (Rhepoxynius abronius, Eohaustorius washingtonianus, Eohaustorius estuarius and Leptocheirus plumulosis)
• Mysid shrimp (Americamysis bahia)
• Polychaete worms (Neanthes arenaceohentata and Nephtys spp.)
• Bivalves: (Mytilus spp. and Crassostrea gigas)
• Clam (Macoma spp.)
• Marine algae (Champia parvula)
• Microtox® (Vibrio fischeri)