While all of the compounds listed in the recipe above are inorganic, mineral salts, some artificial seawater recipes, such as Goldman and McCarthy (1978), make use of trace solutions of vitamins or organic compounds.
儘管上述配方列出的所有化合物均是无机鹽、礦物鹽，但是一些人工海水配方，如：Goldman and McCarthy (1978),使用维生素或有机混合。