The ECOTOXicology knowledgebase (ECOTOX) is a comprehensive, publicly available knowledgebase providing single chemical environmental toxicity data on aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife.
The following example illustrates Exploration by Chemical and Effect groups.
To Explore genetic effect data for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) effects, the following steps should be completed. For more Search and Explore examples, see Practice Searches.
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from the upper right of the page. An example of the plotted data is below.
Using the ECOTOX Knowledgebase EXPLORE feature allows you to browse data within ECOTOX and use the data plotting option to view your results. You can interact with the data plots by hovering over specific data points or scrolling to zoom in on specific sections of data.
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You should consult the original scientific paper to ensure an understanding of the context of the data retrieved from ECOTOX.
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You can download the entire ECOTOX data set as pipe( | ) delimited ASCII files. This does not include any software and will require reconstructing various files together in order to assemble a working database. Within the zip file, you will find data tables, field descriptions and graphical relations of the data structure. Consult the documents listed below for information on how to make use of the data files.
The data files are stored in a Windows compatible self-extracting ZIP format and can be accessed by double clicking on the ecotox_ascii_**-**-****.exe file once it has been downloaded to your computer.Â
For more information on the individual fields contained in each of the records, download the ECOTOX Coding Guidelines (PDF) and ECOTOX Code Appendix (PDF).
