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FY22: ECOTOX Knowledgebase User Guide
Citation:
Olker, J. FY22: ECOTOX Knowledgebase User Guide. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-22/217, 2022.
Impact/Purpose:
The ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase (ECOTOX) is a curated database of toxic effects in ecologically-relevant species. Data from ECOTOX can be used in deriving not only local and federal Agency benchmarks such as the Superfund ecological soil screening levels, and OW ambient water quality criteria, but also for industrial chemical reviews, emergency responses, RCRA facility permits, and TMDLs. ECOTOX is now the most comprehensive ecotoxicology database and is essential for providing and supporting high quality models needed to estimate population effects of toxic chemicals across a wide range of species and spatially-explicit landscapes. ECOTOX provides a single repository for ecologically-based data, thereby improving consistency in effect characterizations and removing the need for duplicative efforts by States and EPA Program and Regional Offices. The initial ECOTOX Knowledgebase v.5.1 User guide was published (EPA/600/R-18/377) with accompanying Quick Reference guide (EPA/600/F-18/375). This documentation is updated annually to ensure accurate and current information for utilizing and searching for information in the ECOTOX Knowledgebase, including changes and additions to data sources, effects data, and the web-based application. This document is the ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase System User Guide Version 5.5, updated August 2022.
Description:
FY22 User Guide: Periodical updates are required for the ECOTOX end user documentation. This User Guide provides documentation on utilizing and searching for information in the ECOTOX Knowledgebase to help users easily retrieve information from the electronic database through the web-based user interface. Included are details on how to conduct data searches and utilize the new data exploration tools, as well as appendices with example searches, list of ECOTOX fields with definitions, and information of sources of data included in ECOTOX.