Species Sensitivity Data provided by the Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment, Australia. This data underpins the ANZG default guideline for nickel in marine water.
Details
These data are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (summary of terms provided here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Additional information is available from the Water Quality website at https://www.waterquality.gov.au/
Please cite these data as: ANZG (2026). “Toxicant default guideline values for aquatic ecosystem protection: Nickel in marine water.” Australian and New Zealand Governments and Australian State and Territory Governments, Canberra, Australia. https://www.waterquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/nickel-marine-dgvs-technical-brief.pdf.
The columns are as follows:
- Conc
The chemical concentration in micrograms per Litre (dbl).
- Duration
The duration of the test in days (chr).
- Genus
The Genus name (chr).
- Group
The taxonomic group (chr).
- Life_stage
Life stage of the test organism (chr).
- Phylum
The Phylum name (chr).
- Species
The species binomial name (chr).
- Test_endpoint
The test endpoint measure (chr).
- Toxicity_measure
The toxicity measure used (chr).
Where toxicity measure is not a chronic NEC, EC10 or NOEC value,
concentration has been converted using the appropriate default ratio, as
follows: 10 from acute EC50/LC50 to chronic EC10; 5 from chronic EC50 to
EC10; 2.5 from LOEC to EC10. Please see the primary reference material for
more information.
Examples
print(anzg_nickel_marine, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 31 × 9
#> Conc Duration Genus Group Life_stage Phylum Species Test_endpoint
#> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 3700 3 Cyanobium Cyan… 6 x 10^3 … Cyano… sp. Growth rate
#> 2 2870 3 Ceratoneis Diat… 5-6 d old… Bacil… closte… Growth rate
#> 3 132 4 Skeletonema Diat… Not stated Bacil… costat… Growth
#> 4 17900 4 Dunaliella Gree… Not stated Chlor… tertio… Growth
#> 5 250 3 Isochrysis Brow… 5-6 d old… Hapto… lutea Growth rate
#> 6 310 3 Symbiodinium Dino… 6-7 d old… Dinop… sp. Growth rate
#> 7 144 10 Champia Red … Adult Rhodo… parvula Reproduction
#> 8 96.7 10 Macrocystis Brow… Zoospore Phaeo… pyrife… Reproduction
#> 9 5.5 3.33 Acartia Crus… Egg Arthr… sinjie… Development
#> 10 67 4 Amphibalanus Crus… Nauplius Arthr… amphit… Metamorphosis
#> 11 10 28 Mysidopsis Crus… Neonate Arthr… intii Survival
#> 12 61 36 Mysidopsis Crus… Larva Arthr… bahia Reproduction
#> 13 29.1 25 Tigriopus Crus… Nauplius … Arthr… japoni… Intrinsic ra…
#> 14 191 2 Dendraster Echi… Embryo Echin… excent… Abnormalities
#> 15 2.9 1.67 Diadema Echi… Larva Echin… antill… Abnormalities
#> 16 23 2 Diadema Echi… Gamete Echin… savign… Fertilisatio…
#> 17 50 3 Paracentrotus Echi… Embryo Echin… lividus Larval survi…
#> 18 335 2 Strongylocent… Echi… Embryo Echin… purpur… Abnormalities
#> 19 21.5 14 Haliotis Gast… Embryo Mollu… rufesc… Shell growth
#> 20 33.6 30 Monodonta Gast… Juvenile Mollu… labio Growth rate
#> 21 64 4 Nassarius Gast… Larva Mollu… dorsat… Growth rate
#> 22 1680 0.208 Acropora Cnid… Gamete Cnida… digiti… Fertilisation
#> 23 920 0.208 Platygyra Cnid… Gamete Cnida… daedal… Fertilisation
#> 24 65 28 Exaiptasia Cnid… Adult Cnida… pulche… Reproduction
#> 25 431 4 Crassostrea Biva… Embryo Mollu… gigas Reproduction
#> 26 270 2 Mytilus Biva… Embryo Mollu… gallop… Survival
#> 27 88 2 Mytilus Biva… Embryo Mollu… trosso… Survival
#> 28 22.5 90 Neanthes Anne… Adult Annel… arenac… Reproduction
#> 29 3600 40 Atherinops Fish Embryo Chord… affinis Larval survi…
#> 30 20300 28 Cyprinodon Fish Juvenile Chord… varieg… Growth
#> 31 1660 21 Oryzias Fish Juvenile Chord… melast… Mortality
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: Toxicity_measure <chr>