Interlaboratory assessment of marine bioassays to evaluate the environmental quality of coastal sediments in Spain. IV. Whole sediment toxicity test using crustacean amphipods

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MC Casado-Martínez
R Beiras
MJ Belzunce
MA González-Castromil
M Guirao
JF Postma
I Riba
TA del-Valls

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 Interlaboratory variability was studied for the bioassay using crustacean amphipods. Nine series of data were obtained from different laboratories using four different species (Ampelisca brevicornis, Corophium volutator, Corophium multisetosum and Microdeutopus gryllotalpa), all previously used for sediment toxicity assessment in Spain. Results were studied for interlaboratory variability and according to different confounding factors. The coefficients of variation were similar to those previously reported for this bioassay and sample classification was homogeneous among the laboratories that successfully completed the exercise. No significant tendencies related to test species were identified and it seems that the factor most critically affecting test results and the classification of samples is storage time before testing.

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Casado-Martínez, M., Beiras, R., Belzunce, M., González-Castromil, M., Guirao, M., Postma, J., … del-Valls, T. (2006). Interlaboratory assessment of marine bioassays to evaluate the environmental quality of coastal sediments in Spain. IV. Whole sediment toxicity test using crustacean amphipods. Ciencias Marinas, 32(1B), 149–157. https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v32i12.1039
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