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
Bibliography
Defines a method for the determination of acute toxicity to amphipods exposed over a period of 10 d.
| Committee |
EH/3/5
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| DevelopmentNote |
Also numbered as BS ISO 16712. Supersedes 03/309714 DC. (03/2005)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| SupersededBy | |
| Supersedes |
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO 16712:2005 | Identical |
| ISO 5814:2012 | Water quality — Determination of dissolved oxygen — Electrochemical probe method |
| ASTM E 729 : 1996 | Standard Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians |
| ISO/TS 20281:2006 | Water quality — Guidance on statistical interpretation of ecotoxicity data |
| ISO 5667-16:2017 | Water quality — Sampling — Part 16: Guidance on biotesting of samples |
| ISO 10523:2008 | Water quality — Determination of pH |
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