ASTM-E1604:2002 Edition

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E1604-94(2002) Standard Guide for Behavioral Testing in Aquatic Toxicology

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1.1 This guide covers some general information on the selection and application of behavioral methods useful for determining the sublethal effects of chemicals to fish, amphibians, and macroinvertebrates.

1.2 Behavioral toxicity occurs when chemical or other stressful conditions, such as changes in water quality or temperature, induce a behavioral change that exceeds the normal range of variability (1) . Behavior includes all observable, recordable, or measurable activities of a living organism and reflects genetic, neurobiological, physiological, and environmental determinants (2) .

1.3 Behavioral methods can be used in biomonitoring, the determination of no-observed-effect and lowest-observed-effect concentrations, and the prediction of hazardous chemical impacts on natural populations (3) .

1.4 Behavioral methods can be applied to fish, amphibians, and macroinvertebrates in standard laboratory toxicity tests, tests of effluents, and sediment toxicity tests.

1.5 The various behavioral methods included in this guide are categorized with respect to seven interdependent, functional responses that fish, amphibians, and macroinvertebrates must perform in order to survive. These functional responses include respiration, locomotion, habitat selection, feeding, predator avoidance, competition, and reproduction (4) .

1.5.1 The functional responses are not necessarily mutually exclusive categories. For instance, locomotion, of some form of movement, is important to all behavioral functions.

1.6 Additional behavioral methods for any category may be added when new tests are developed as well as when methods are adapted to different species or different life stages of an organism.

1.7 This guide is arranged as follows:

1.8 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.

1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 9.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	Scope Referenced Documents Terminology
2	Summary of Guide Significance and Use Interferences
3	Test Facility Water Supply
4	Safety Precautions Test Material Test Organisms
5	Responses Measured Behavioral Test Method Selection Criteria
6	Experimental Design Acceptability of Test
7	Calculation of Test Results Report Keywords
8	REFERENCES

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Interferences	6
Acceptability of Test	15
Water Supply	8
Behavioral Test Method Selection Criteria	13
Scope	1
Significance and Use	5
Safety Precautions	9
Test Facility	7
Calculation of Test Results	16
Test Organisms	11
Referenced Documents	2
Test Material	10
Report	17
Responses Measured	12
Terminology	3
Summary of Guide	4
	Section Number
Experimental Design	14

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