Species Sensitivity Data for nitrate_moderate_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 moderately hard freshwater.

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 11 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_moderate_fresh, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 11 × 9
#>     Conc Duration Genus        Group     Life_stage Phylum Species Test_endpoint
#>    <dbl> <chr>    <chr>        <chr>     <chr>      <chr>  <chr>   <chr>        
#>  1  17   28       Lampsilis    Mollusc   Juvenile   Mollu… siliqu… Weight       
#>  2   5.8 10       Chironomus   Insect    Larva      Arthr… dilutus Growth weight
#>  3  20.3 20       Deleatidium  Insect    Larva      Arthr… sp.     Mortality    
#>  4  19.4 7        Ceriodaphnia Crustace… Neonates   Arthr… dubia   Reproduction 
#>  5  11   42       Hyalella     Crustace… Juvenile   Arthr… azteca  Growth weight
#>  6 200   29       Danio        Fish      Juvenile   Chord… rerio   Mortality an…
#>  7  26.6 40       Galaxias     Fish      Juvenile   Chord… macula… Mortality    
#>  8  24.9 21       Gobiomorphus Fish      Juvenile   Chord… cotidi… Mortality    
#>  9 120   42       Oncorhynchus Fish      Fry        Chord… mykiss  Yolk develop…
#> 10   6.6 7        Pimephales   Fish      Embryo la… Chord… promel… Growth weight
#> 11  56.7 10       Pseudacris   Amphibian Embryo     Chord… regilla Length       
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: Toxicity_measure <chr>