Species Sensitivity Data from the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. The taxonomic groups are Amphibian, Fish, Invertebrate and Plant. Plants includes freshwater algae.
Details
Additional information on each of the chemicals is available from the CCME website.
- boron
CCME (2021). “Boron: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/16.
- cadmium
CCME (2021). “Cadmium: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/20.
- chloride
CCME (2021). “Chloride: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/28.
- endosulfan
CCME (2021). “Endosulfan: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/93.
- glyphosate
CCME (2021). “Glyphosate: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/102.
- uranium
CCME (2021). “Uranium: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/225.
- silver
CCME (2021). “Silver: Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life.” May 06, https://ccme.ca/en/chemical/198.
The columns are as follows:
- Chemical
The chemical (chr).
- Species
The species binomial name (chr).
- Conc
The chemical concentration (dbl).
- Group
The taxonomic group (fct).
- Units
The units of Conc (chr).
- Medium
The medium (freshwater, marine, etc.) (chr).
Examples
head(ccme_data)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 6
#> Chemical Species Conc Group Units Medium
#> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <fct> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Boron Oncorhynchus mykiss 2.1 Fish mg/L Freshwater
#> 2 Boron Ictalurus punctatus 2.4 Fish mg/L Freshwater
#> 3 Boron Micropterus salmoides 4.1 Fish mg/L Freshwater
#> 4 Boron Brachydanio rerio 10 Fish mg/L Freshwater
#> 5 Boron Carassius auratus 15.6 Fish mg/L Freshwater
#> 6 Boron Pimephales promelas 18.3 Fish mg/L Freshwater