Title: European collaboration to develop standard sediment toxicity test methods (396/4/T) : interim report
Author: R. Fleming
Document Type: Monograph
Abstract:
This report describes progress in a programme of work to develop standardised test
protocols for determining the toxicity of poorly soluble substances in sediments. The
programme involves an interlaboratory comparison of the performance of three sediment
toxicity tests using the test organisms Corophium volutator, Chironomus riparius and the
freshwater mussel sphaerium corneum.
The first stage of collaborative testing is scheduled to begin in November 1992 and to
date preliminary work has been earned out in order to finalise protocols. Definitive
protocols are included in the Appendices of this document.
Two poorly soluble substances have been chosen for the programme, lindane and
PCB 118, which are both of high environmental concern. A test sediment from Poole
Harbour is being used by all collaborators and the animals are being supplied by
coordinating laboratories.
This report describes the work of WRc to date and briefly covers the work of other
collaborators. Progress with NRA objectives is discussed.
Publisher: National Rivers Authority
Publication Date: 1993
Publication Place: Bristol
Subject Keywords: Testing; Toxicity; Water quality; Sediment sampling; Indicators
Geographic Keywords: Poole Harbour
Extent: 51
Permalink: http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ealit:3893
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