Skip to main content

Chemical and biological data from a study on method development for a short term 7 day sodium chloride and mock effluent toxicity tests with unionid mussels

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2012-06-22
End Date
2019-04-15

Citation

Wang, N., and Kunz, J.L., 2021, Chemical and biological data from a study on method development for a short term 7 day sodium chloride and mock effluent toxicity tests with unionid mussels: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93O5K5G.

Summary

The data consists of the responses (survival, growth, and/or reproduction) of test organisms were determined in six concentrations of toxicants in 7-day toxicity tests or in four different feeding rates in 7-day feeding experiments. Specifically we evaluated the sensitivity of 2 mussel species (Villosa constricta and Lampsilis siliquoidea) and P. promelas and C. dubia using effluents in 7-d exposures. We then refined the method by determining the best feeding rate of algal mixture for 1-, 2-, and 3-wk-old L. siliquoidea in a 7-d feeding experiment, and using derived optimal feeding rates to assess the sensitivity of the 3 ages of juveniles in a 7-d NaCl test. Finally, we conducted an interlaboratory study among 13 laboratories to evaluate [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Ning Wang
Originator :
Ning Wang, James L Kunz
Metadata Contact :
CERC Data Managers
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Columbia Environmental Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

Attached Files

Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.

Measured concentration of toxicants in mock effluent toxicity tests.txt 50.24 KB text/plain
Measured sodium chloride in inter-laboratory toxicity tests.txt 12.51 KB text/plain
Summary of length data from inter-laboratory sodium chloride toxicity tests.txt 261.75 KB text/plain
Summary of survival data in the sodium chloride toxicity tests.txt 27 KB text/plain
Survival of test organisms in feeding experiements.txt 3.05 KB text/plain
Survival weight reproduction of test organisms in mock effluent toxicity tests.txt 11.99 KB text/plain
Test organism length in feeding experiments.txt 38.55 KB text/plain
Test organism length in mock effluent toxicity tests.txt 19.57 KB text/plain

Purpose

US Environmental Protection Agency is considering additional taxa to accompany 3 standard species (a fish, Pimephales promelas; a cladoceran, Ceriodaphnia dubia; and a green alga, Raphidocelis subcapitata) in short-term effluent tests. An appropriate additional taxon is unionid mussels because mussels are widely distributed, live burrowed in sediment and filter particles from the water column, and exhibit high sensitivity to contaminants. The biological, chemical, and water quality data collected were used to evaluate the toxicity of the toxicants to aquatic organisms. These results will be used to develop short-term 7-day test methods for mussels.

Additional Information

Identifiers

Type Scheme Key
DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P93O5K5G

Item Actions

View Item as ...

Save Item as ...

View Item...