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. 2015 Jun 10;24(6):1279–1293. doi: 10.1007/s10646-015-1499-4

Table 3.

Sediments and pore water toxicity for organisms (percent effect PE %)

Samples Phytotoxkit Ostracodtoxkit F Microtox
Germination inhibition Roots growth inhibition Mortality Growth inhibition Luminescence
1Ls Sa Ss Ls Sa Ss H. incongruens V. fischeri
Whole bottom sediments
 1 10 0 10 86 42 46 20 24 47
 2 10 10 10 47 16 2 10 27 22
 3 10 10 20 26 59 11 45 52 6
Solid phases of sediments
 1 79 70 30 24 33 24 0 12 93
 2 79 40 0 89 72 45 0 1 63
 3 89 80 30 100 100 70 0 13 62
Pore water
 1 31 10 44 18 12 13 −36
 2 19 0 44 8 −5 −16 −63
 3 31 0 0 8 −16 38 −33

Ls, L. sativum; Sa, S. alba; Ss, S. saccharatum