Table 3 Toxicity data used to derive a species sensitivity distribution curve for phenol.

From: Improved ecological risk assessment of phenol in sediments via species sensitivity distribution and equilibrium partitioning method using water toxicity data

Taxonomic group

Species

B or NB

/N or F

SMCV

(µg/g dw)

Taxonomic group

Species

B or NB

/D or F

SMCV

(µg/g dw)

Amphibians

Ambystoma gracile

B/F

0.84

Fish

Lepomis macrochirus

NB/F

33.55

Amphibians

Lithobates palustris

B/F

20.56

Fish

Notemigonus crysoleucas

NB/F

64.08

Amphibians

Lithobates pipiens

B/F

0.09

Fish

Nothobranchius guentheri

NB/F

104.36

Amphibians

Rana catesbeiana

B/F

1.10

Fish

Notopterus notopterus

NB/F

22.94

Amphibians

Rana temporaria

B/F

0.64

Fish

Oncorhynchus mykiss

NB/F

18.48

Amphibians

Xenopus laevis

B/F

23.27

Fish

Oreochromis mossambicus

NB/F

34.79

Crustaceans

Asellus aquaticus

B/F

329.54

Fish

Oryzias latipes

NB/N

60.16

Crustaceans

Branchinella kugenumaensis

NB/N

49.43

Fish

Pimephales promelas

NB/F

54.39

Crustaceans

Ceriodaphnia dubia

NB/N

14.71

Fish

Poecilia reticulata

NB/F

70.17

Crustaceans

Cypris subglobosa

B/F

131.41

Fish

Salmo gairdneri

NB/F

20.14

Crustaceans

Daphnia magna

NB/F

30.99

Fish

Zacco platypus

NB/N

19.57

Crustaceans

Daphnia pulex

NB/N

148.29

Green algae

Raphidocelis subcapitata

NB/N

525.44

Crustaceans

Gammarus minus

B/F

68.47

Green algae

Scenedesmus quadricauda

NB/N

737.81

Crustaceans

Gammarus pulex

B/F

96.18

Insects

Baetis rhodani

B/F

28.38

Crustaceans

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

B/F

32.63

Insects

Chironomus riparius

B/F

439.39

Crustaceans

Moina macrocopa

NB/N

7.38

Insects

Chironomus tentans

B/N

192.23

Diatom

Nitzschia palea

B/N

338.70

Insects

Glyptotendipes tokunagai

B/N

30.88

Fish

Aphyocypris chinensis

NB/N

29.66

Insects

Hydropsyche angustipennis

B/F

476.01

Fish

Campostoma anomalum

NB/F

32.77

Insects

Propsilocerus akamusi

B/N

123.94

Fish

Catostomus commersoni

NB/F

19.41

Molluscs

Nitocris sp.

B/F

659.09

Fish

Colisa fasciatus

NB/F

59.87

Molluscs

Physa gyrina

B/F

476.01

Fish

Cyprinus carpio

NB/N

55.66

Rotifer

Brachionus calyciflorus

B/N

113.69

Fish

Danio rerio

NB/F

49.20

Rotifer

Philodina acuticornis

B/F

375.31

Fish

Gambusia affinis

NB/F

47.60

Worms

Aeolosoma headleyi

B/F

651.76

Fish

Heteropneustes fossilis

NB/F

72.13

Worms

Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri

B/N

230.30

Fish

Jordanella floridae

NB/F

66.46

Worms

Polycelis tenuis

B/F

161.11

  1. B, Benthic species; NB, Non-benthic species; N, Native species; F, Foreign species; SMCV, Species mean chronic value.
  2. Amphibian early life stages (eggs/larvae) classified as benthic.