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RECORD NUMBER: 441 OF 823Main Title | Inter-Laboratory Comparison of a Sediment Toxicity Test Using the Marine Amphipod, 'Rhepoxynius abronius'. | |||||||||||
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Author | Mearns, A. J. ; Swartz, R. C. ; Cummins, J. M. ; Dinnel, P. A. ; Plesha, P. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Environmental Research Lab.-Narragansett, Newport, OR. Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center. ;National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC. ;Washington Univ., Seattle. Fisheries Research Inst. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1986 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/600/J-86/208; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB87-170783 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Sediments ; Toxicity ; Aquatic animals ; Water pollution ; Puget Sound ; Field tests ; Variations ; Comparison ; Survival ; Mortality ; Acclimatization ; Laboratories ; Cadmium ; Bioassay ; Reprints ; Foreign technology ; Amphipods ; Rhepoxynius abronius | |||||||||||
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Collation | 27p | |||||||||||
Abstract | An inter-laboratory comparison of the Swartz et al. (1985) amphipod sediment toxicity test was performed for seven marine sediments of varying toxicity. Five laboratories participated. Four a priori and one a posteriori hypotheses or criteria were tested for three end points (survival, emergence and reburial). The bioassay met the a priori criterion of success, acceptable survival and behavior (emergence and reburial) of controls. It also met two of three a priori hypotheses: acceptable agreemeent on the rank order of toxicity for all three end points. The third hypothesis, classification of sediments as toxic or non-toxic, was only met for the emergence end point; however, this was probably due to the narrow range of toxic sediments tested. (Copyright (c) Elsevier Applied Science Publishers Ltd, England, 1986.) |