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

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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 the performance of a 7-d NaCl test with L. siliquoidea.

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Name Format Description Link
55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.615b195dd34e0859437e3dec.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P93O5K5G

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  • effluents
  • dissolved-metals
  • biota
  • water-quality-criteria
  • freshwater-mussels
  • ecotoxicology
  • water-chemistry
  • water-quality
  • test-methods
  • industrial-effluents
  • methods-development
  • effluent-toxicity
  • laboratory-methods
  • interlaboratory-variability
  • contamination-and-pollution
  • usgs-615b195dd34e0859437e3dec
  • species-sensitivity
  • sodium-chloride
  • water-properties

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