c.northport: Northport Data, _Chironomus dilutus_ Toxicity
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c.northport

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Northport Data, Chironomus dilutus Toxicity

Description

Example dataset

Format

A data.frame with 147 rows and 15 variables:

Sample: sediment sample ID
Al: aluminum concentration, mg/kg dry weight
As: arsenic concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Cu: copper concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Cd: cadmium concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Cr: chromium concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Fe: iron concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Pb: lead concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Hg: mercury concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Ni: nickel concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Zn: zinc concentration, mg/kg dry weight
Organism: organism abbreviation, CD = Chironomus dilutus
Meas_Day: measurement day for toxicity endpoint (post-initiation)
Endpoint: toxicity endpoint
Hit: logical; whether the sample was classified as toxic

Details

c.northport is a field-collected dataset containing sediment chemical concentrations for metals and toxicity classification data for the midge Chironomus dilutus. Data are from a freshwater site in Washington State (Dowling and Roland 2019).

References

Dowling B, Roland J. 2019. Establishment of site-specific SMS metals cleanup objectives for contaminated sediments - Northport waterfront and nearshore state cleanup site. Washington State Department of Ecology.

RFPM documentation built on Oct. 26, 2023, 1:08 a.m.