Given the widely varying types of aquatic ecosystems and bioavailability of chemicals, it is
important to develop site-specific water quality criteria (WQC) to ensure criteria are neither …

Pentachlorophenol (PCP) has been reported toxic to aquatic organisms, and it frequently
occurs at relatively high concentrations in most Chinese waters due to the re-emergence of …

Freshwater quality criteria for 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP) were developed with particular
reference to the aquatic biota in China, and based on USEPA's guidelines. Acute toxicity …

The priority control screening (PCS) and water quality benchmarking (WQB) of toxic
chemicals in water are key steps to ensure the safety of drinking water and aquatic …

Freshwater quality criteria of 2, 4, 6-trichlorophenol (2, 4, 6-TCP) were developed with
particular reference to the aquatic biota in China, and based on USEPA's guidelines. Acute …

Water quality criteria (WQC) are threshold limits for pollutants or other hazard factors in the
ambient water environment, which are based on scientific experiments and extrapolations …

The Predicted No-Effect Concentration (PNEC) is a key for ecological risk assessment. In
this paper, the aquatic species existing widely in the Taihu Lake were selected, and their …

The potential use of toxicity data for nonnative species to derive water quality criteria is
controversial because it is sometimes questioned whether criteria based on species from …

Due to their agricultural as well as industrial uses, 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP), 2, 4, 6-
trichlorophenol (2, 4, 6-TCP), and pentachlorophenol (PCP) are ubiquitous in the …

Abstract Tai Lake (Ch: Taihu), which is the largest lake in Jiangsu province, China, has been
affected by human activities. As part of a concerted effort to improve water quality to protect …