| Main Title |
Use of aquatic lethality tests to estimate safe toxicant concentrations for initial ecolological risk assessments, {microform} / |
| Author |
Holcombe, G. W.;
Phipps, F. L.;
Veith, G. D.
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Research Lab., Duluth, MN. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Research Laboratory, |
| Place Published |
{Duluth, MN} : |
| Year Published |
1989 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/D-89/175 ; ERL-DUL-2322; ISBN-0-8031-1180-0 |
| Stock Number |
PB90-116104 |
| OCLC Number |
45147798 |
| Subjects |
Aquatic biology;
Minnows;
Lethal dosage;
Extrapolation;
Comparison;
Ecology;
Reprints;
Water pollution effects(Animals);
Toxic substances;
Risk assessment;
Environmental monitoring
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| Subject Added Ent |
Marine pollution
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| Holdings |
| Library |
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Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Date Modified |
| ERBD |
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PB90-116104 |
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NERL/ESD-LV Library/Las Vegas,NV |
10/20/2000 |
| NTIS |
|
PB90-116104 |
Most EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. Check with individual libraries about paper copy. |
NTIS |
01/01/1988 |
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| Collation |
22 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Abstract |
The article presents an approach which allows a body of comparative toxicity data to be used as initial ecological risk assessments in order to extrapolate from an acute test with an indicator species an estimate of the no-effect concentration in the environment. The fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) acute value was selected as the reference value since this ecotoxicity endpoint has the largest data base for comparative toxicity comparisons. Comparative toxicity endpoints for fish and invertebrates were collected from various sources. When data for all ecotoxicity endpoints are plotted for all chemicals, this plot can be analyzed statistically using regression analysis to calculate an equation defining the upper 95 percentile prediction limit. The upper 95% prediction limit uses the reference test (fathead 96-h acute value) to calculate a concentration that would be safe for 95% of the species and chemicals, assuming that enough comparative toxicological data (especially chronic end-points) are included in the data set. (Copyright (c) by American Society for Testing and Materials, 1988.) |
| Notes |
"EPA/600/D-89/175." "Published in: Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate: Eleventh Volume, ASTM STP 1007, G.W. Suter II and M.A. Lewis, Eds. American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1989, pp. 442-458." Includes bibliographical references. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Fate, v11 p442-458 1989. |
| Author Added Ent |
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| Corporate Au Added Ent |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development. ; Environmental Research Laboratory. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
{1989} |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20001010161030 |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
MERGE |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
01475nam 2200313Ka 45020 |
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