Species Sensitivity Data provided by the Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment, Australia. This data underpins the ANZG default guideline for ammonia in freshwater.
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: Ammonia in freshwater.” Australian and New Zealand Governments and Australian State and Territory Governments, Canberra, Australia. https://www.waterquality.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/ammonia-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).
- Species
The species binomial name (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_ammonia_fresh, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 40 × 6
#> Conc Duration Genus Group Species Toxicity_measure
#> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 165 3 Chlorella Microalga vulgaris Chronic EC10
#> 2 560 3 Raphidocelis Microalga subcapitata Chronic EC10
#> 3 1.2 30 Polycelis Flatworm felina Chronic NOEC
#> 4 42 7 Ceriodaphnia Cladoceran dubia Chronic NOEC
#> 5 21 21 Daphnia Cladoceran magna Chronic NOEC
#> 6 29 21 Chironomus Insect riparius Chronic NOEC
#> 7 7.2 29 Coloburiscus Insect humeralis Chronic NOEC
#> 8 3.2 29 Deleatidium Insect sp. Chronic NOEC
#> 9 8.9 70 Hyalella Amphipod azteca Chronic NOEC
#> 10 19 21 Neocardidina Shrimp denticulata sinens… Chronic NOEC
#> 11 48 26 Bellamya Mollusc aeruginosa Chronic NOEC
#> 12 8.8 28 Fluminicola Mollusc sp. Chronic EC20
#> 13 2.8 28 Fontigens Mollusc aldrichi Chronic EC20
#> 14 31 28 Lymnaea Mollusc stagnalis Chronic EC20
#> 15 38 28 Physa Mollusc gyrina Chronic EC20
#> 16 4.4 40 Potamopyrgus Mollusc antipodarum Chronic NOEC
#> 17 14 28 Pyrgulopis Mollusc robusta Chronic LC20
#> 18 12 28 Taylorconcha Mollusc serpenticola Chronic LC20
#> 19 0.43 28 Lampsilis Mollusc fasciola Chronic IC10
#> 20 0.92 28 Lampsilis Mollusc siliquoidea Chronic IC10
#> 21 2.3 42 Musculium Mollusc transversum Chronic NOEC
#> 22 1.1 60 Sphaerium Mollusc novaezelandiae Chronic NOEC
#> 23 1.3 28 Villosa Mollusc iris Chronic IC10
#> 24 4.8 39 Bidyanus Fish bidyanus Chronic EC10
#> 25 14 30 Deltistes Fish luxatus Chronic NOEC
#> 26 20 52 Esox Fish lucius Chronic EC20
#> 27 5.2 30 Ictalurus Fish punctatus Chronic NOEC
#> 28 11 44 Lepomis Fish cyanellus Chronic NOEC
#> 29 3.2 60 Lota Fish lota Chronic EC10
#> 30 10 63 Megalobrama Fish amblycephala Chronic NOEC
#> 31 13 32 Micropterus Fish dolomieue Chronic NOEC
#> 32 18 30 Notropis Fish topeka Chronic NOEC
#> 33 11 35 Oncorhynchus Fish mykiss Chronic NOEC
#> 34 3.8 75 Oreochromis Fish niloticus Chronic NOEC
#> 35 4.1 56 Pelteobagrus Fish fulvidraco Chronic NOEC
#> 36 7.2 28 Pimephales Fish promelas Chronic LC1
#> 37 21 28 Ptychocheilus Fish lucius Chronic LC1
#> 38 14 28 Xyrauchen Fish texanus Chronic LC1
#> 39 7.1 10 Pseudacris Amphibian regilla Chronic NOEC
#> 40 86 10 Xenopus Amphibian laevis Chronic NOEC