Trace Elements in sediment and tissue Benchmarks Used in Contaminant Exceedance
Plots in the Heinz Center Report
The State of the Nation's Ecosystems
(See below for codes and references.)
NAME AQCR* RPTUNITS AQCRSRC*
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Arsenic 17 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Cadmium 3.5 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Chromium 90 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Copper 197 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Lead 91.3 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Mercury 0.486 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
Selenium 4 UG/G wsf NIWQP, Tox-thres
Zinc 315 UG/G wsf CAN-interim, PEL, FW
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# * AQCR: Aquatic Life Criteria:
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# * AQCRSRC Source Codes: Source of data for AQCR attribute.
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# CAN-interim, PEL, FW=Canadian interim sediment quality
# guideline for protection of aquatic life, probable effect
# level, freshwater value (for constituents in sediment)
# (CCME, 1998; and Environment Canada, 1999b)
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# NIWQP, Tox-thresh=National Irrigation Water Quality Program,
# toxicity threshold
# (NIWQP, 1998)
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# References:
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# Canadian Council of Ministers of the
# Environment (CCME), 1998, Canadian sediment quality
# guidelines for the protection of aquatic life:
# Introduction and summary tables. In: Canadian
# environmental quality guidelines, 1998,
# Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment,
# Winnipeg, (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe).
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# Environment Canada, 1999b, Canadian
# sediment quality guidelines for the protection of
# aquatic life, Summary tables,
# (http://www.ec.gc.ca/ceqg-rcqe/sediment.htm).
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# National Irrigation Water Quality Program (NIWQP), 1998,
# Guidelines for interpretation of the biological effects of
# selected constituents in biota, water, and sediment: U.S.
# Department of the Interior, NIWQP Information Report
# No. 3 (http:www.usbr.gov/niwqp/guidelines.html).
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