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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2020 Aug 13;263:127804. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127804

Table 2.

Acute-chronic relationships for algal inhibition and sample sizes associated with each.

Metric Based on Comparison # of chemicals ACR geomean:
Biomass All Data EbC50 vs EbC10 87 4.85
Biomass All Data EbC50 vs NOECb 94 4.29
Biomass Over-all Biomass data - 4.56
Growth Rate All Data ErC50 vs ErC10 61 3.22
Growth Rate All Data ErC50 vs NOECr 433 2.43
Growth Rate Over-all Growth rate data - 3.93
Growth Rate Endpoint Over-all All data combined - 3.57
Growth Rate Raphidocelis subcapitata ErC50 vs NOECr 349 4.64
Growth Rate Desmodesmus subspicatus ErC50 vs NOECr 16 4.21
Growth Rate Chlorella pyrenoidosa ErC50 vs NOECr 7 3.06
Growth Rate Skeletonema costatum ErC50 vs NOECr 9 3.12
Growth Rate Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ErC50 vs NOECr 7 3.06
Growth Rate Single Species Over-all ErC50 vs NOECr - 3.56
Growth Rate Chemical Class: Neutral Organics ErC50 vs NOECr 56 4.32
Growth Rate Chemical Class: Phenols ErC50 vs NOECr 42 5.35
Growth Rate Chemical Class: Aliphatic Amines ErC50 vs NOECr 33 4.71
Growth Rate Chemical Class: Anilines ErC50 vs NOECr 29 4.85
Growth Rate Chemical Class: Esters ErC50 vs NOECr 26 4.26
Growth Rate Chemical Class Over-all ErC50 vs NOECr - 4.68
Growth Rate MOA: Narcotics ErC50 vs NOECr 218 4.82
Growth Rate MOA: Unspecified ErC50 vs NOECr 110 3.99
Growth Rate MOA: Specifics ErC50 vs NOECr 65 5.62
Growth Rate MOA: Herbicides ErC50 vs NOECr 26 4.18
Growth Rate MOA Over-all ErC50 vs NOECr - 4.61
Overall ACR - - - 4.07