Species Sensitivity Data for nitrate_hard_fresh

Species Sensitivity Data provided by the Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment, Australia. This data underpins the ANZG default guideline for nitrate in hard freshwater.

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 12 rows and 9 columns.

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 (2025). “Toxicant default guideline values for aquatic ecosystem protection: Nitrate in freshwater.” Australian and New Zealand Governments and Australian State and Territory Governments, Canberra, Australia. https://www.waterquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/nitrate-fresh-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_nitrate_hard_fresh, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 12 × 9
#>      Conc Duration Genus        Group    Life_stage Phylum Species Test_endpoint
#>     <dbl> <chr>    <chr>        <chr>    <chr>      <chr>  <chr>   <chr>        
#>  1 1600   3        Chlorella    Microal… Exponenti… Chlor… sp.     Growth       
#>  2 1700   3        Oocystis     Microal… Exponenti… Chlor… solita… Growth       
#>  3  220   4        Hydra        Cnidari… Adult      Cnida… viridi… Population g…
#>  4  120   10       Chironomus   Insect   Larvae     Arthr… dilutus Growth weight
#>  5   28.5 7        Ceriodaphnia Crustac… Neonates   Arthr… dubia   Reproduction 
#>  6  358   7        Daphnia      Crustac… Neonates   Arthr… magna   Reproduction 
#>  7  102   14       Hyalella     Crustac… Juvenile   Arthr… azteca  Growth weight
#>  8   45   13       Simocephalus Crustac… Neonates   Arthr… heilon… Reproduction 
#>  9  268   30       Notropis     Fish     Juvenile   Chord… topeka  Growth       
#> 10  335   42       Oncorhynchus Fish     Fry        Chord… mykiss  Growth       
#> 11   46.7 32       Pimephales   Fish     Embryo la… Chord… promel… Growth weight
#> 12   47   52       Hyla         Amphibi… Juvenile   Chord… versic… Metamorphosis
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: Toxicity_measure <chr>