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I.S. EN ISO 16712:2006

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WATER QUALITY - DETERMINATION OF ACUTE TOXICITY OF MARINE OR ESTUARINE SEDIMENT TO AMPHIPODS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

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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

Provides a method for the determination of acute toxicity to amphipods exposed over a period of 10 d to samples of contaminated marine or estuarine sediment, to chemical, industrial or municipal sludge or other solid wastes that may combine with marine or estuarine sediments, or to chemicals or preparations spiked into clean sediment.

DocumentType
Standard
Pages
28
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
DIN EN ISO 16712:2007-02 Identical
UNI EN ISO 16712 : 2007 Identical
BS EN ISO 16712:2006 Identical
ISO 16712:2005 Identical
EN ISO 16712:2006 Identical
UNE-EN ISO 16712:2007 Identical
SN EN ISO 16712:2007 Identical

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