Evaluation of in silico development of aquatic toxicity species sensitivity distributions

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 116-117, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Barron, Mace G ^a   Jackson, Crystal R ^a   Awkerman, Jill A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Interspecies correlation estimation; QSAR; Species sensitivity distribution

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; BENZENE; CARBARIL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDRIN; ETHYLBENZENE; MALATHION; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PERMETHRIN; PHENOL;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXICITY;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ASSESMENT TOOLS FOR THE EVALUATION OF RISK; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; INTERNET; LC 50; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY ESTIMATION SOFTWARE TOOL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYPRINIDAE; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LETHAL DOSE 50; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84858988999     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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