Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) are used in ecological risk assessment to derive
maximum acceptable concentrations of toxicants in the environment from a limited set of …

ABSTRACT A novel approach to population-level assessment was applied in order to
demonstrate its utility in estimating and managing the risk of zinc in a water environment …

Species sensitivity distribution (SSD) methodology currently is used in environmental risk
assessment to determine the predicted no‐effect concentration (PNEC) of a substance in …

In the framework of the European Union (EU) New and Existing Chemicals Policy, a regional
risk assessment for Zn according to the current technical guidance documents and a …

Water quality monitoring programs concern measurements of numerous substances in
different water compartments such as water, suspended matter and tissues of organisms …

Criteria to protect aquatic life are intended to protect diverse ecosystems, but in practice are
usually developed from compilations of single‐species toxicity tests using standard test …

Using copper as an example, we present a method for assessing chemical risks to an
aquatic community using species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) for different taxonomic …

ABSTRACT A species sensitivity distribution (SSD) is a probability model of the variation of
species sensitivities to a stressor, in particular chemical exposure. The SSD approach has …

Species sensitivity distributions (SSD) were constructed using acute toxicity data of various
cladoceran species collected in five different aquatic systems. The aim of this research was …

Species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) are used in ecological risk assessment for
extrapolation of the results of toxicity tests with single species to a toxicity threshold …