h.northport {RFPM}R Documentation

Northport Data, Hyalella azteca 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, HA = Hyalella azteca

Meas_Day

measurement day for toxicity endpoint (post-initiation)

Endpoint

toxicity endpoint

Hit

logical; whether the sample was classified as toxic

Details

h.northport is a field-collected dataset containing sediment chemical concentrations for metals and toxicity classification data for the amphipod Hyalella azteca. 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.


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