Species Sensitivity Data for nitrate_soft_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 soft freshwater.

Format

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 14 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_soft_fresh, n=Inf)
#> # A tibble: 14 × 10
#>      Conc Duration Genus        Group    Life_stage Phylum Species Test_endpoint
#>     <dbl> <chr>    <chr>        <chr>    <chr>      <chr>  <chr>   <chr>        
#>  1 247000 3        Raphidocelis Microal… Exponenti… Chlor… subcap… Growth       
#>  2   8600 60       Sphaerium    Mollusc  Juvenile   Mollu… novaez… Mortality    
#>  3   1400 40       Potamopyrgus Mollusc  Juvenile   Mollu… antipo… Growth length
#>  4   2200 60       Paranephrops Crustac… Juvenile   Arthr… planif… Growth length
#>  5   6300 126      Coregonus    Fish     Embryo al… Chord… clupea… Development  
#>  6   2000 40       Galaxias     Fish     Juvenile   Chord… macula… Mortality    
#>  7  22500 21       Gobiomorphus Fish     Juvenile   Chord… cotidi… Growth weight
#>  8   2200 30       Oncorhynchus Fish     Fry        Chord… mykiss  Mortality    
#>  9   2300 30       Oncorhynchus Fish     Fry        Chord… tshawy… Mortality    
#> 10  52000 7        Pimephales   Fish     Embryo la… Chord… promel… Growth weight
#> 11   4500 30       Salmo        Fish     Fry        Chord… clarkii Mortality    
#> 12   1600 146      Salvelinus   Fish     Embryo al… Chord… namayc… Growth weight
#> 13 117000 16       Rana         Amphibi… Embryo la… Chord… aurora  Growth weight
#> 14  24800 10       Xenopus      Amphibi… Tadpole    Chord… laevis  Growth weight
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: Toxicity_measure <chr>, Units <chr>