Short-term methods for estimating the chronic toxicity of effluents and receiving water to marine and estuarine organisms. Second edition
This manual describes six short-term (one hour to nine days) estuarine and marine methods for measuring the chronic toxicity of effluents and receiving waters to five species; the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus; the inland silverside, Menidia beryllina; the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia; the sea urchin, Arbacia punctualata; and the red macroalga, Champia parvula. The methods include single and multiple concentration static renewal and static nonrenewal toxicity tests for effluents and receiving waters. Also included are guidelines on laboratory safety, quality assurance, facilities, and equipment and supplies; dilution water; effluent and receiving water sample collection, preservation, shipping, and holding; test conditions; toxicity test data analysis; report preparation; and organism culturing, holding, and handling.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 210827
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-141445/XAB; EPA-600/4-91/003; TRN: 60642287
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: See also PB--95-261665, PB--89-220503, PB--94-114733 and PB--96-141452; PBD: Jul 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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