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Table 2 Measured physicochemical parameters of tested effluents

From: Ovulation but not milt production is inhibited in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) exposed to a reproductively inhibitory pulp mill effluent

Date sampled

pH

Conductivity

Hardness

DO

NH3

BOD

COD

SS

RFA

May 22, 2012

7.2

2060 μS

918 mg/L

4.8 mg/L

0.1 mg/L

10 mg/L

187 mg/L

9.9 mg/L

0.01 mg/L

  1. DO dissolved oxygen; BOD biological oxygen demand; COD chemical oxygen demand; SS suspended solids; RFA resin and fatty acids (detection limit 0.01 mg/L).