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 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_moderate_fresh, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 11 × 10
#>      Conc Duration Genus        Group    Life_stage Phylum Species Test_endpoint
#>     <dbl> <chr>    <chr>        <chr>    <chr>      <chr>  <chr>   <chr>        
#>  1  17000 28       Lampsilis    Mollusc  Juvenile   Mollu… siliqu… Weight       
#>  2   5800 10       Chironomus   Insect   Larva      Arthr… dilutus Growth weight
#>  3  20300 20       Deleatidium  Insect   Larva      Arthr… sp.     Mortality    
#>  4  19400 7        Ceriodaphnia Crustac… Neonates   Arthr… dubia   Reproduction 
#>  5  11000 42       Hyalella     Crustac… Juvenile   Arthr… azteca  Growth weight
#>  6 200000 29       Danio        Fish     Juvenile   Chord… rerio   Mortality an…
#>  7  26600 40       Galaxias     Fish     Juvenile   Chord… macula… Mortality    
#>  8  24900 21       Gobiomorphus Fish     Juvenile   Chord… cotidi… Mortality    
#>  9 120000 42       Oncorhynchus Fish     Fry        Chord… mykiss  Yolk develop…
#> 10   6600 7        Pimephales   Fish     Embryo la… Chord… promel… Growth weight
#> 11  56700 10       Pseudacris   Amphibi… Embryo     Chord… regilla Length       
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: Toxicity_measure <chr>, Units <chr>