ASTM E1193-97
Historical Standard: ASTM E1193-97 Standard Guide for Conducting Daphnia magna Life-Cycle Toxicity Tests
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ASTM E1193
1. Scope
1.1 This guide describes procedures for obtaining laboratory data concerning the adverse effects of a test material (added to dilution water, but not to food) on Daphnia magna Straus, 1820, during continuous exposure throughout a life-cycle using the renewal or flow-through techniques. These procedures also should be useful for conducting life-cycle toxicity tests with other invertebrate species, although modifications might be necessary.
1.2 These procedures are applicable to most chemicals, either individually or in formulations, commercial products, or known mixtures. With appropriate modifications, these procedures can be used to conduct tests on temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and on such materials as aqueous effluents (also see Guide E 1192), leachates, oils, particulate matter, sediments, and surface waters. The technique, (renewal or flow-through), will be selected based on the chemical characteristics of the test material such as high oxygen demand, volatility, susceptibility to transformation (biologically or chemically), or sorption to glass.
1.3 Modification of these procedures might be justified by special needs or circumstances. Although using appropriate procedures is more important than following prescribed procedures, results of tests conducted using unusual procedures are not likely to be comparable to results of standard test procedures. Comparison of results obtained using modified and unmodified versions of these procedures might provide useful information on new concepts and procedures for conducting life-cycle toxicity tests with D. magna .
1.4 This guide is arranged as follows:
SectionReferenced Documents Terminology Summary of Guide Significance and Use Hazards Apparatus Facilities Construction Materials Test Chambers Cleaning Acceptability Reagents Purity of Reagents Dilution Water Requirements Source Treatment Characterization Test Material General Stock Solutions Test Concentrations(s) Test Organisms Species Age Source Brood Stock Food Handling Harvesting Young Quality Procedure Experimental Design Dissolved Oxygen Temperature Loading Selection of Test System Beginning the Test Care and Maintenance Feeding Duration of Test Biological Data Other Measurements Analytical Methodology Acceptability of Test Calculation of Results Report Keywords Appendixes Statistical Guidance FoodThis standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific hazard statements are given in Section .
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
E729 Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Test Materials with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians
E943 Terminology Relating to Biological Effects and Environmental Fate
E1023 Guide for Assessing the Hazard of a Material to Aquatic Organisms and Their Uses
E1192 Guide for Conducting Acute Toxicity Tests on Aqueous Ambient Samples and Effluents with Fishes, Macroinvertebrates, and Amphibians
Keywords
chronic; Daphnia magna ; flow-through; invertebrate; life-cycle; renewal; toxicity ;
ICS Code
ICS Number Code 07.100.20 (Microbiology of water); 13.020.30 (Environmental impact assessment)
DOI: 10.1520/E1193-97
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