Inter-laboratory comparison of a sediment toxicity test using the marine amphipod, Rhepoxynius abronius

Mearns, Alan J.; Swartz, Richard C.; Cummins, J.M.; Dinnel, Paul A.; Plesha, Paul D.; Chapman, P. M.

doi:10.1016/0141-1136(86)90037-1

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“…Thus, this exercise gives a reliable intercalibration for this species, confirming similar conclusions in a more comprehensive interlaboratory comparison (Mearns et al 1986). Bathyporeia sarsi appears to be less sensitive than R. abronius when only mortality is taken into account.…”

Section: Test Speciessupporting

confidence: 65%

A comparison of North American and West European infaunal amphipod species in a toxicity test on North Sea sediments

Hurk¹,

Chapman²,

Roddie³

et al. 1992

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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During the Bremerhaven Workshop, sediment samples from 2 pollution gradients in the North Sea were tested in a 10 d static bioassay with infaunal amphipods. One gradient was downstream from a former drilling site, the second was offshore of the Elbe-Weser plume in the German Bight. Four participating laboratories used basically the same technique to test sediment toxicity with 1 of 3 different amphipod specles: Rhepoxynius abronius, Corophium volutator or Bathyporeia sarsi. The measured endpoints were mortality and sublethal effects, including the inability to reburrow after exposure, avoidance and immobilisation. Results show that sediment samples from the stations on each gradient closest to contaminant sources were toxic to nearly all test species. Samples from other stations only caused mortality in the tests with C. volutator.

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A comparison of North American and West European infaunal amphipod species in a toxicity test on North Sea sediments

Hurk¹,

Chapman²,

Roddie³

et al. 1992

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…They declared a sediment sample to be toxic if there was less than 90% survival over ten days. All prior discussions defined toxicity as less than 80% survival, a value determined by Mearns et al (1986) who found that cutoffs greater than 80% led to inconsistent results in an interlaboratory test of toxicity on common samples.…”

Section: Connecting Sediment Chemistry With Toxicitymentioning

confidence: 99%

The sediment quality guideline, ERL, is not a chemical concentration at the threshold of sediment toxicity

O’Connor

2004

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…Procedures employed for the Rhepoxynius abronius 10 d test have been verified by inter-laboratory cahbration (Mearns et al 1986). …”

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Synoptic measures of sediment contamination, toxicity and infaunal community composition (the Sediment Quality Triad) in San Francisco Bay

Chapman¹,

Dexter²,

Long³

1987

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Inter-laboratory comparison of a sediment toxicity test using the marine amphipod, Rhepoxynius abronius

Cited by 78 publications

References 4 publications

A comparison of North American and West European infaunal amphipod species in a toxicity test on North Sea sediments

A comparison of North American and West European infaunal amphipod species in a toxicity test on North Sea sediments

The sediment quality guideline, ERL, is not a chemical concentration at the threshold of sediment toxicity

Synoptic measures of sediment contamination, toxicity and infaunal community composition (the Sediment Quality Triad) in San Francisco Bay

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