Test No. 215: Fish, Juvenile Growth Test / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Series:

OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals Section 2 20745761.

OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2 20745761.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages).

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2000.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This Test Guideline is designed to assess the effects of prolonged exposure to chemicals on the growth of juvenile fish. Juvenile fish in exponential growth phase are placed, after being weighed, in test chambers and are normally exposed to five sublethal concentrations of the test substance dissolved in water preferably under flowthrough, or, if not possible, under appropriate semi static (static-renewal) conditions. The test duration is 28 days. The daily food ration is based on initial fish weights and may be recalculated after 14 days. The study report should include the concentration measurement of the test substance, the observation of external abnormalities and abnormal behavior and the fish weighting at the end of the test. Effects on growth rates are analyzed using a regression model in order to estimate the concentration that would cause a x % variation in growth rate, id est ECx. Alternatively, the data may be compared with control values in order to determine the lowest observed effect concentration (LOEC) and the no observed effect concentration (NOEC).

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264070202

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.