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Short-term studies of the aquatic tubificid worm showed no mortality at 85 to 1313 mg-B/L (Mann, 1973). Studies of the midge Chironomous decorus showed a 2-day EC50 of 1376 mg-B/L (Maier & Knight, 1991). As noted above, a NOEC of 10 mg-B/L was reported for C. decorus (Maier & Knight) but the study system did not include any sediment.

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Limited data on sediment organisms are available. Short-term studies of the aquatic tubificid worm showed no mortality at 85 to 1313 mg-B/L (Mann, 1973). Studies of the midge Chironomous decorus showed a 2-day EC50 of 1376 mg-B/L (Maier & Knight, 1991). As noted above, a NOEC of 10 mg-B/L was reported for C. decorus (Maier & Knight) but the study system did not include any sediment.

The single guideline study using spiked sediments showed a NOEC for growth and emergence of 180 mg-B/L for the midge Chironomous ripariusin a 28 day test (Hooftman et al. 2000b).