Toxicity interpretation

Mayer, F.L., Jr., and M.R. Ellersieck. 1986. Manual of acute toxicity interpretation and data base for 410 chemicals and 66 species of freshwater animals. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Resour. Publ. 160. 579 pp. McCulloch, A.W., R.K. Boyd, A.S.W. de Freitas, R.A. Foxall, W.D. Jamieson, M.V. Laycock, M.A. Quilliam, J.C. Wright, V.J. Boyko, J.W. McLaren, M.R. Miedema, R. Pocklington, E. Arsenault, and D.J.A. Richard. 1989. Zinc from oyster tissue as causative factor in mouse deaths in official bioassay for paralytic shellfish poisoning. Jour. Assoc. Offic. Anal. Chem. 72 384-386. 

Mayer, F.L., Jr., and M.R. Ellersieck. 1986. Manual of Acute Toxicity Interpretation and Data Base for 410 Chemicals and 66 Species of Freshwater Animals. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Resour. Publ. 160. 579 pp. 

Mayer, F.L., Jr. and Ellersieck, M.R. Manual of acute toxicity interpretation and database for 410 chemicals and 66 species of freshwater animals, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource Publication 160, 1986. 

Interpretation of test results Specific for each suspected toxicant. Interpretation is often different from the standard acceptance or rejection of a hypothesis judgement and experience of investigator will be critical to interpretation of results. The presence of multiple toxicants complicates interpretation. Focus on the toxicant that appears easiest to identify. Effects of effluent toxicants are not always additives at least one toxicant must be identified before additivity can be established. 

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