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. 2020 Jul 22;27(33):41803–41815. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-10121-7

Table 2.

Viability (mean, % (standard deviation), n = 4) of Lampsilis siliquoidea glochidia after a 48-h exposure to finasteride or melengestrol acetate (mean measured concentrationsa; mg/L). Effect data in bold are significantly different from controls

Finasteride concentration (mg/L)
Control Solvent control 0.003 0.03 0.3 2.5 23
Finasteride 91 (1.1) 89 (0.7) 90 (2.7) 87 (2.8) 87 (1.5) 88 (2.4) 85 (1.9)b
Melengestrol acetate concentration (mg/L)
Control Solvent control 0.005 0.05 0.3 1.9 4
Melengestrol acetate 91 (1.1) 89 (0.7) 86 (0.2) 82 (2.1)b 85 (1.2) 82 (3.3)b 70 (1.4)c

aConcentrations were measured at the beginning and end of each exposure (Table S5)

bAlthough significantly different from pooled controls, this departure represents a 5–8% decrease in survival compared with that of controls, which in light of the 10% acceptable decline in control viability (ASTM 2013), is unlikely to be biologically meaningful

cSignificant difference from pooled controls