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BS 6068-5.37(2005) : 2005
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WATER QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF ACUTE TOXICITY OF MARINE OR ESTUARINE SEDIMENT TO AMPHIPODS
29-12-2006
23-11-2012
1 Scope
2 Principle
3 Test environment
3.1 Facilities
3.2 Lighting
4 Reagents and materials
4.1 Test organism
4.2 Overlying water
5 Apparatus
6 Treatment and preparation of samples
6.1 General
6.2 Control or reference sediment
6.3 Test sediment
6.4 Preparation of sediment samples
7 Test procedures
7.1 Preparing the exposure vessels
7.2 Introducing the organisms
7.3 Test conditions
7.4 Test observations and measurements
7.5 Expression of results
7.6 Reburrowing capability
7.7 Validity of the test
8 Analysis and interpretation of results
8.1 Data analysis
8.2 Non-contaminant factors
9 Reference toxicant
10 Precision
11 Test report
Annex A (informative) Reconstitued salt water
Annex B (normative) Maximum length of amphipod species,
optimal salinity and temperature ranges
Annex C (informative) Precision data
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