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Methods/Indicators For Determining When Metals Are The Cause Of Biological Impairments Of Rivers And Streams: Species Sensitivity Distributions And Chronic Exposure-Response Relationships From Laboratory Data
This final report details the methodology for statistical analysis of data on metals toxicity to aquatic organisms and application of analysis results to Stressor Identification. There are 12 appendices which accompany the report to provide source data along with graphical and tabular output.
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Citation:
U.S. EPA. Methods/Indicators For Determining When Metals Are The Cause Of Biological Impairments Of Rivers And Streams: Species Sensitivity Distributions And Chronic Exposure-Response Relationships From Laboratory Data. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/X-05/027, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
This report describes an analysis of data on the toxicity of metals to aquatic organisms in laboratory toxicity tests and how to apply this information in a Stressor Identification Assessment.
Description:
This final report describes an analysis of data on the toxicity of metals to aquatic organisms in laboratory toxicity tests and how to apply this information in a Stressor Identification Assessment. Results are provided in the form of species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) and concentration-response relationships for individual aquatic species.
URLs/Downloads:
METHODS-INDICATORS.PDF (PDF, 60 pp, 1294 KB, about PDF)APPENDIX A: ECOTOX CODING, DATA, AND CITATIONS (PDF, 744 pp, 12480 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX B: ARTHROPOD SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 66 pp, 678 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX C: NON-ARTHROPOD INVERTEBRATE SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 73 pp, 734 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX D: INVERTEBRATE SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 155 pp, 1632 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX E: VERTEBRATE SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 166 pp, 2105 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX F: COMPARISON OF ARTHROPOD AND NON-ARTHROPOD INVERTEBRATE SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 17 pp, 250 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX G: COMPARISON OF HARDNESS EFFECT ON SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 53 pp, 731 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX H: COMPARISON OF TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 38 pp, 480 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX I: COMPARISON OF DURATION EFFECT ON SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS (PDF, 63 pp, 825 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX J: EXPOSURE RESPONSE MODELING WITH CHRONIC TOXICITY DATA (PDF, 39 pp, 489 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX K: INTERPOLATED EXPOSURE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS (PDF, 119 pp, 1197 KB, about PDF)
APPENDIX L: EXPOSURE RESPONSE OUTPUT AND DATA TABLES (PDF, 38 pp, 1165 KB, about PDF)
CAUSAL ANALYSIS/DIAGNOSIS DECISION INFORMATION SYSTEM (CADDIS) >> Candidate Causes >> Metals
ECOTOXicology database (ECOTOX)