Procedures for the derivation of equilibrium partitioning sediment benchmarks (ESBs) for the protection of benthic organisms: dieldrin

OCLC Number: 53063677 Excerpt: ... Contents Tables Table 2-1. Dieldrin measured and estimated log K values........................................................................... 2-2 10 OW Table 2-2. Summary of K values for dieldrin derived from literature sorption isotherm data......................... 2-4 OC Table 3-1. Test-specific data for chronic sensitivity of freshwater and saltwater organisms to dieldrin........... 3-4 Table 3-2. Summary of freshwater and saltwater acute and chronic values, acute - chronic ratios, and derivation of final acute values, final acute - chronic ratios, and final chronic values...................... 3-5 Table 3-3. Results of the approximate randomization ( AR ) test for the equality of freshwater and saltwater FAV distributions for dieldrin and AR test for the equality of benthic and combined benthic and water column WQC FAV distributions.......................................................... 3-7 Table 4-1. Summary of tests with dieldrin-spiked sediment............................................................................... 4-2 Table 4-2. Water-only and sediment LC50 values used to test the applicability of the EqP theory for dieldrin............................................................................................................ 4-5 Table 5-1. Equilibrium partitioning sediment benchmarks ( ESBs ) for dieldrin using the WQC FCV as the effect concentration.............................................................................. 5-1 Table 5-2. Analysis of variance for derivation of confidence limits of the ESB s for dieldrin...................... 5-3 WQC Table 5-3. Confidence limits of the ESB s for dieldrin.................................................................................. 5-3 WQC Figures Figure 1-1. Chemical structure and physical-chemical properties of dieldrin...................................................... 1-3 Figure 2-1. Observed versus predicted partition coefficients f...