Biological test method for measuring terrestrial plants exposed to contaminants in soil

Table of contents

• Abstract
• Foreword
• List of tables
• List of figures
• List of Abbreviations and Chemical Formulae
• Terminology
• Acknowledgements
• Section 1 - Introduction
• Section 2 - Test Organisms
• Section 3 - Test System
• Section 4 - Universal Test Procedures
• Section 5 - Specific Procedures for Testing Field-Collected Soil or Similar Particulate Material
• Section 6 - Specific Procedures for Testing Chemical-Spiked Soil
• Section 7 - Reporting Requirements
• References
• Appendix A - Biological Test Methods and Supporting Guidance Documnets Published by Environment Canada's Method Development and Applications Section
• Appendix B - Environment Canada Regional and Headquarters Offices
• Appendix C - Members of the Inter-Governmental Environmental Toxicty Group (as of December, 2004)
• Appendix D - Members of the Scientific Advisory Group
• Appendix E - Procedural Variations for Tests of Emergence and Growth in Soil Using Terrestrial Plants, as Described in International Methodology Documents
• Appendix F - Variations in Recommended Test Species for Tests of Emergence and Growth in Soil Using Terrestrial Plants, as Described in International Methodology Documents
• Appendix G - Natural and Artificial Negative Control Soils Used for Method Development and the Establishment of Test Validity Criteria
• Appendix H - Logarithmic Series of Concentrations Suitable for Toxicity Tests
• Appendix I - Instruction on the Derivation of ICps Using Linear and Nonlinear Regression Analyses

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Method Development and Applications Section
Environmental Technology Centre
Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

Report EPS 1/RM/45
February 2005 (with June 2007 amendments)

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