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lampreytox: Lethal concentration data for seasonal exposure to TFM for larval sea lamprey

Description

This dataset contains 2011 seasonal larval sea lamprey exposed to the piscicide, 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) toxicity data.

Usage

lampreytox

Arguments

Format

A data frame containing 64 rows and 7 columns.

nominal.dose

nominal TFM dose (mg/L)

tank

tank assignment

month

month in which toxicity test occurred

dose

averaged measured TFM dose (mg/L) over 12 h of exposures

dead

number of lamprey that died over 12 h exposure to TFM

survive

number of lamprey that survived over 12 h exposure to TFM

total

total number of lamprey that were exposed to TFM over 12 h

Details

For each month, new lamprey were collected from the deer creek, MI, and were randomly assigned to a tank for exposure to varying doses of the piscicide, 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM).