Calculation of sediment effect concentrations (SECs) for Hyalella azteca and Chironomus riparius
- National Biological Survey, Columbia, MO (United States). National Fisheries Contaminant Research Center
A data base for sediment toxicity and chemistry was generated with field-collected sediments using 10 to 32 d tests with the amphipod Hyalella azteca and the midge Chironomus riparius. Physical characterizations of sediment included organic carbon, percentage water, and particle size. Chemical characterizations of sediment included total metals, butyltins, methyl-mercury, acid volatile sulfide, (AVS) and simultaneously extracted metals, chlorinated pesticides, total polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated dioxins and furans, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Samples which significantly reduced survival, length, or maturation of test organisms relative to the control were classified as ``toxic``. A 10-fold difference in concentration for at least one chemical among the samples at each site was checked. If the concentration of a chemical measured in a toxic sample was less than or equal to the mean concentration of the chemical in the non-toxic samples at a site, then the chemical in this toxic sample was classified as ``no concordance`` (and then designated as a non-toxic in the calculations of SECs). The authors will discuss how the data base was created and the criteria used to calculate SECs (three types of SECs were calculated: (1) ERL and MM, (2) TEL and PEL, and (3) AET).
- OSTI ID:
- 49590
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273-; TRN: IM9523%%413
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Denver, CO (United States), 30 Oct - 3 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15th annual meeting: Abstract book. Ecological risk: Science, policy, law, and perception; PB: 286 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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