Table 8.
%IC50 of the Duckweed (% Area Inhibition and % Chlorophyll Inhibition), algae and Daphnia inhibition of the various wood leachates. Also, shown are the 95% confidence interval and the coefficient of regression.
| Types of wood | Duckweed Toxicity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Area Inhibition |
% Chlorophyll Inhibition |
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| IC50 | 95% CI | R2 | IC50 | 95% CI | R2 | |
| Mahogany | 29.2 | 27.0–31.5 | 0.97 | 25.2 | 24.3–26.2 | 0.99 |
| Cedrela | 36.1 | 32.9–39.7 | 0.96 | 30.8 | 27.8–34.2 | 0.96 |
| Wawa | 34.0 | 31.6–36.7 | 0.97 | 34.0 | 31.6–36.7 | 0.97 |
| Emire | 29.4 | 28.1–30.7 | 0.99 | 28.6 | 27.7–29.4 | 0.99 |
| Ceiba | 34.1 | 31.8–36.6 | 0.97 | 29.1 | 25.6–33.1 | 0.95 |
| % Algae Inhibition | % Daphnia immobilization | |||||
| IC50 | 95% CI | R2 | IC50 | 95% CI | R2 | |
| Mahogany | 27.7 | 25.9–29.7 | 0.98 | 21.5 | 18.5–24.9 | 0.94 |
| Cedrela | 40.5 | 37.7–43.6 | 0.97 | 35.3 | 31.3–39.9 | 0.92 |
| Wawa | 41.5 | 37.8–45.6 | 0.95 | 55.6 | 53.3–58.1 | 0.98 |
| Emire | 30.6 | 28.6–32.8 | 0.98 | 29.8 | 26.7–33.3 | 0.96 |
| Ceiba | 38.6 | 37.1–40.3 | 0.99 | 42.4 | 37.7–47.6 | 0.91 |