Kuwait산 원유의 수용성 획분이 곤쟁이, Neomysis awatschensis의 폐사와 대사에 미치는 급성독성을 실험하였다. 본 실험은 지수식, 단기, 급성으로 표준생물검정법을 사용하였다. 폐사실험의 경우, 곤쟁이 성체를 대조구 포함 8개의 농도구에 폭로시켜서 반수치사농도($LC_{50}$)를 구했다. 96-hr $LC_{50}$을 총 탄화수소양으로 나타내면 $14^{circ}C$에서는 1.01ppm, $20^{circ}C$에서는 0.78ppm이었다. 반수치사시간($LT_{50}$)은 $14^{circ}C$, 0.56ppm의 경우 100시간이었다. $20^{circ}C$에서는 이보다 약간 앞당겨져 0.56ppm에서 95시간, 5.60ppm에서는 17시간이 경과하면서 $50\%$ 폐사에 도달했다. 대사실험의 경우, 농도간에 산소소비율의 감소가 크게 나타나지는 않았으나 전반적으로 대조구에 비해 뚜렷한 대사 감소를 보였고 동일농도에서 96시간이 48시간에 비해 더 낮은 대사율을 나타냈다. 이러한 실험결과, 저농도의 수용성 유류획분으로도 소형 해산 갑각류에 강한 독성을 미칠것이 예상된다.
Acute toxicity of crude oil (WSF) on the mortality and respiration rates of Neomysis awatschensis was examined. This experiment was conducted by static and short-term bioassay procedure. In lethal test, the test animals were exposured to 8 different concentrations to determine $LC_{50}$ value (median lethal concentration). The concentrations of total hydrocarbon of 96-hr $LC_{50}$ value at $14^{circ}C;and;20^{circ}C$ were 1.01 ppm and 0.78 ppm, respectively. $LT_{50}$ (the median lethal time) also was determined. The $LT_{50}$ of 0.56 ppm was found within 100 hours, while the $LT_{50}$ of 5.6 ppm was 21 hours at $14^{circ}C$. At $20^{circ}C$, the $LT_{50}$ values of 0.56 ppm and 5.60 ppm were 95 hours and 17 hours, respectively. There was little difference between two temperature experiments. The effect of WSF on respiration rate was more sensitive than that on mortality, but no considerable difference was shown between different concentrations in this experiment. The results of these experiments indicated that relatively low concentration of dissolved crude oil fraction can impact on small crustacean in the marine ecosystem.
