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Table 2
Test species sensitivity to the most widely used reference toxicants.
| Test cultures | Reference toxicants and LC | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| K2Cr2O7 | CuSO4 | Phenol | |
| Cladoceran crustacean | 48 h LC50 = 0.2–0.8 mg/L (response range) | 48 h LC50 = 54.6 μg/L | 48 h EC50 = 9.13 mg/L |
| Daphnia magna Straus | 4 d LC50 = 34.2 μg/L | ||
| ERD*, 2014b | Struewing et al., 2015 | Lilius et al., 1995 | |
| Cladoceran crustacean | Ceriodaphnia affinis | Ceriodaphnia dubia | |
| Ceriodaphnia | 24 h LC50 = 0.9–2.0 mg/L (response range) | 48 h LC50 = 27.6 μg/L | |
| ERD, 2007 | 7 d LC50 = 52.0 μg/L | ||
| Struewing et al., 2015 | |||
| Anostracan crustacean Thamnocephalus platyurus | 24 h LC50 = 0.100 mg/L with 95% confidence limit of 0.052–0.148 mg/L | ||
| International Interlaboratory Comparison, Protocol Toxkit | |||
| Benthic ostracod crustacean Heterocypris incongruens | 6d LC50 = 5.79 mg/L | ||
| The results of a reference test with this compound should be in the range 2.21–9.37 mg/L | |||
| International Interlaboratory Comparison, Protocol Toxkit | |||
| Amphipod crustacean | 7 d LC50 = 137 μgCr/L with 95% CL 106–176 | 7 d LC50 = 90 μgCu/L with 95% CL 82–99 | |
| Hyalella azteca | (Cr was added in tap water as anion salt) | (Cu was added in tap water as atomic absorption standards) | |
| Borgmann et al., 2005 | Borgmann et al., 2005 | ||
| Rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus | 24 h LC50 = 0.026 mg/L with 95% CL 0.022–0.030 | 24 h LC50>150 mg/L | |
| Snell et al., 1991 | Snell et al., 1991 | ||
| Green micro-algae | 72 h EbC50 (reduction of biomass) = 0.52 ± 0.21 mg/L | ||
| Selenastrum capricornutum | 72 h ErC50 (reduction of growth rate) = 0.84 ± 0.27 mg/L | ||
| International Interlaboratory Comparison (2006), Protocol Toxkit | |||
| Green micro-algae | 22 h EC50 (optical density) = 0.4–1.6 mg/L (response range) | ||
| Chlorella vulgaris Beijer | ERD, 2014a | ||
| 22 h EC50 (delayed fluorescence) = 0.2–0.8 mg/L (response range) | |||
| ERD, 2014c | |||
| Ciliate protozoan | 24 d LC50 = 0.55–0.89 g/L | 30 min EC50 (chemotoxic reaction) = 0.01–1.0 mg/L | |
| Paramecium caudatum | ERD, 2007 | ERD, 2015 | |
| Ehrenberg | |||
| Macrophyte Lemna paucicostata | 72 h EC50 (growth of fronds) = 2.70 µM | ||
| 72 h EC50 (maximum quantum yield of PS II (Fv/Fm) = 1.91 µM | |||
| Park et al., 2012 | |||
| Bacteria | Bioluminescence inhibition | ||
| Aliivibrio fischeri | 5 min EC50 = 16.8 mg/L | ||
| 15 min EC50 = 18.3 mg/L | |||
| Hernando et al., 2006 | |||
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