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).
- Units
The concentration units of Conc (micrograms per Litre, ug/L) (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 × 7
#> Conc Duration Genus Group Species Toxicity_measure Units
#> <dbl> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 165 3 Chlorella Microalga vulgaris Chronic EC10 ug/L
#> 2 560 3 Raphidocelis Microalga subcapitata Chronic EC10 ug/L
#> 3 1.2 30 Polycelis Flatworm felina Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 4 42 7 Ceriodaphnia Cladoceran dubia Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 5 21 21 Daphnia Cladoceran magna Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 6 29 21 Chironomus Insect riparius Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 7 7.2 29 Coloburiscus Insect humeralis Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 8 3.2 29 Deleatidium Insect sp. Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 9 8.9 70 Hyalella Amphipod azteca Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 10 19 21 Neocardidina Shrimp denticulata … Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 11 48 26 Bellamya Mollusc aeruginosa Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 12 8.8 28 Fluminicola Mollusc sp. Chronic EC20 ug/L
#> 13 2.8 28 Fontigens Mollusc aldrichi Chronic EC20 ug/L
#> 14 31 28 Lymnaea Mollusc stagnalis Chronic EC20 ug/L
#> 15 38 28 Physa Mollusc gyrina Chronic EC20 ug/L
#> 16 4.4 40 Potamopyrgus Mollusc antipodarum Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 17 14 28 Pyrgulopis Mollusc robusta Chronic LC20 ug/L
#> 18 12 28 Taylorconcha Mollusc serpenticola Chronic LC20 ug/L
#> 19 0.43 28 Lampsilis Mollusc fasciola Chronic IC10 ug/L
#> 20 0.92 28 Lampsilis Mollusc siliquoidea Chronic IC10 ug/L
#> 21 2.3 42 Musculium Mollusc transversum Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 22 1.1 60 Sphaerium Mollusc novaezelandi… Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 23 1.3 28 Villosa Mollusc iris Chronic IC10 ug/L
#> 24 4.8 39 Bidyanus Fish bidyanus Chronic EC10 ug/L
#> 25 14 30 Deltistes Fish luxatus Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 26 20 52 Esox Fish lucius Chronic EC20 ug/L
#> 27 5.2 30 Ictalurus Fish punctatus Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 28 11 44 Lepomis Fish cyanellus Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 29 3.2 60 Lota Fish lota Chronic EC10 ug/L
#> 30 10 63 Megalobrama Fish amblycephala Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 31 13 32 Micropterus Fish dolomieue Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 32 18 30 Notropis Fish topeka Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 33 11 35 Oncorhynchus Fish mykiss Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 34 3.8 75 Oreochromis Fish niloticus Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 35 4.1 56 Pelteobagrus Fish fulvidraco Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 36 7.2 28 Pimephales Fish promelas Chronic LC1 ug/L
#> 37 21 28 Ptychocheilus Fish lucius Chronic LC1 ug/L
#> 38 14 28 Xyrauchen Fish texanus Chronic LC1 ug/L
#> 39 7.1 10 Pseudacris Amphibian regilla Chronic NOEC ug/L
#> 40 86 10 Xenopus Amphibian laevis Chronic NOEC ug/L