Biological Test Method

Résumé du livre

Methods recommended by Environment Canada for performing acute lethality tests with seawater-acclimated threespine stickleback are described in this report. General or universal conditions and procedures are outlined for undertaking an acute lethality test using a variety of test materials. Additional conditions and procedures are stipulated that are specific for assessing samples of chemicals, effluents, elutriates, leachates, and receiving waters. Included are instructions on holding and acclimating test organisms, sample handling and storage, test facility requirements, procedures for preparing test solutions and test initiation, specified test conditions, appropriate observations and measurements, endpoints, methods of calculation, and the use of reference toxicants.