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 10 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).

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_nitrate_hard_fresh, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 12 × 10
#>       Conc Duration Genus        Group   Life_stage Phylum Species Test_endpoint
#>      <dbl> <chr>    <chr>        <chr>   <chr>      <chr>  <chr>   <chr>        
#>  1 1600000 3        Chlorella    Microa… Exponenti… Chlor… sp.     Growth       
#>  2 1700000 3        Oocystis     Microa… Exponenti… Chlor… solita… Growth       
#>  3  220000 4        Hydra        Cnidar… Adult      Cnida… viridi… Population g…
#>  4  120000 10       Chironomus   Insect  Larvae     Arthr… dilutus Growth weight
#>  5   28500 7        Ceriodaphnia Crusta… Neonates   Arthr… dubia   Reproduction 
#>  6  358000 7        Daphnia      Crusta… Neonates   Arthr… magna   Reproduction 
#>  7  102000 14       Hyalella     Crusta… Juvenile   Arthr… azteca  Growth weight
#>  8   45000 13       Simocephalus Crusta… Neonates   Arthr… heilon… Reproduction 
#>  9  268000 30       Notropis     Fish    Juvenile   Chord… topeka  Growth       
#> 10  335000 42       Oncorhynchus Fish    Fry        Chord… mykiss  Growth       
#> 11   46700 32       Pimephales   Fish    Embryo la… Chord… promel… Growth weight
#> 12   47000 52       Hyla         Amphib… Juvenile   Chord… versic… Metamorphosis
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: Toxicity_measure <chr>, Units <chr>