north american history of species sensitivity distributions

... and History of SSDs Chapter General Introduction to Species Sensitivity Distributions Leo Posthuma, Theo P Traas, and Glenn W Suter II Chapter North American History of Species Sensitivity Distributions ... from the perspective of the present-day situation 3.2 SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS The use of species sensitivity distributions is based on the recognition that not all species are equally ... variability in sensitivity to toxicants was W Slooff (Slooff and Canton, 1983; Slooff et al., 1983) The aim of Slooff’s investigations was not so much to erect species sensitivity distributions, ...

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... measurement of sensitivity includes errors That is why species sensitivity comes as a distribution.” Another line of reasoning is: “There are differences in sensitivity among species The sensitivity of ... the γth percentile of the posterior PDF of the FA, and HCp γ the (1 – γ)th percentile of the hazardous concentration for p% of the species, the Bayesian version of the law of extrapolation reads ... INTERPRETATION OF SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTION MODEL STATISTICS 5.5.1 SSD MODEL FITTING AND UNCERTAINTY In this chapter, the emphasis of the analysis has been on small samples of species sensitivity...

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... leap of faith that the distribution of the sensitivities of tested species is representative of the distribution of the sensitivities of field species If it is possible that the selected level of ... other “critical species as species that are listed as threatened or endangered under Section of the Endangered Species Act and species for which there is evidence that loss of the species at the ... the presence of suspended matter in the test media, and the density of algae (bioavailability of DHTDMAC), the presence of toxic impurities (MTTMAC), the minimal number of single -species toxicity...

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... extension of the response typology from species to groups of species relates in part to the toxic mode of action of the compound For example, the sensitive response of microarthropod species to ... value for mixtures of chemicals In any of these uses, it is assumed that protection of species and communities may be assured by considering the distribution of sensitivities of species tested individually ... al (1986) suggested that the selection of species may not matter Based on a study of cadmium, they argue that the loss of 5% of protozoan species in a test of protozoan communities on foam substrates...

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... proteins of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus: comparison of the North American and European isolates Arch Virol 2000, 145:659-688 Lee C, Yoo D: The small envelope protein of ... gene variation of the North American genotype of the Thai PRRSV in central Thailand Virology Journal 2010 7:340 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient ... WP, Faaberg KS, Nelson EA, Rowland RR: Diversity and evolution of a newly emerged North American Type porcine arterivirus: analysis of isolates collected between 1999 and 2004 Arch Virol 2007,...

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... < 0.05) Of the species, northern red oak is usually the first species to break bud and therefore may be more vulnerable to a late spring frost = Thus even though these species of North American ... apparently viable Our estimates of total crop size are based on the number of mature acorns produced by the entire canopy of a tree as a function of the percentage of the canopy sampled by our collection ... Acorn production of five species of oaks over a seven-year period at the Hastings Reservation, Carmel Valley, California In: Poceedings of the Symposium on Multiple-use Management of California’s...

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... treatment Sixty percent of the explants in that treatment produced multiple shoots with a maximum of shoots/embryo Addition of NAA to 4.44 μM BA reduced both the number of explants producing ... concentrations of napthaleneacetic acid (1.0-100 nM) The length of time on hormone medium appeared to have a positive effect on the number of multiple shoots produced and a negative effect on the percent of ... Initiation of a new growing period reduced overall vigor and was eventually followed by explant death Success of micropropagation systems in these Quercus species or may depend upon the efficiency of...

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... scarifying of their faces, arms, and legs with some sharp instrument, the cutting off of the hair, and oftentimes the cutting off of a joint of a finger, usually the little finger (Comanches not cut off ... of a cone, composed of small stones on which no marks of tools were visible In them some of the most interesting articles are found, such as urns, ornaments of copper, heads of spears, &c., of ... account of this remarkable burial that the American Indians were in possession of at least some of the mysteries of our order, and that it was evidently the grave of Masons, and the three highest officers...

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... Proofreading Team THE AMERICAN NATION A HISTORY LIST OF AUTHORS AND TITLES GROUP I FOUNDATIONS OF THE NATION Vol European Background of American History, by Edward Potts Cheyney, A.M., Prof Hist ... Zachary T Fullmore THE AMERICAN NATION: A HISTORY VOLUME EUROPEAN BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN HISTORY 1300-1600 BY EDWARD POTTS CHEYNEY, A M PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA WITH MAPS ... conditions of America; and the process of emigration gave a new direction to the development of American history from the very beginning; but the origin of the people, of their institutions, and of their...

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... the part of the Americans the treaty of Paris was one of the most brilliant triumphs in the whole history of modern diplomacy Had the affair been managed by men of ordinary ability, some of the ... conduct of those Whigs who never lost an opportunity of expressing their approval of the American revolt The Duke of Richmond, at the beginning of the contest, expressed a hope that the Americans ... useful to the student of American history My title was suggested by the fact of Thomas Paine's stopping the publication of the "Crisis," on hearing the news of the treaty of 1783, with the remark,...

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... list of corrections made is at the end of the text The American Church History Series Consisting of a Series of Denominational Histories Published Under the Auspices of the American Society of ... in America In view of the destined predominance of English influence in the seaboard colonies of America, the history of the divisions of the Christian people of England is of preëminent importance ... era of the infamous popes By another coincidence which arrests the attention of the reader of history, that same year of the discovery by Columbus witnessed the accession of the most infamous of...

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... without a little trembling of the lips and a little gathering of mist in the eyes, as they think of the story of suffering, of sorrow, of peril, of exile, of death, and of lofty triumph which that ... vols Fiske's Critical Period of American History Walker's The Making of the Nation Johnston's History of American Politics Schouler's History of the United States of America under the Constitution, ... Richardson's American Literature, vols Trent's A History of American Literature, 1607-1865 Wendell's History of Literature in America Narratives of Early Virginia, edited by Tyler Bradford's History of...

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... true views of life and death, their religion, their theory of the state of the dead, their mythology, their cosmogony, their notions of astrology, and often of their biography and history for ... theories of the phenomena of spirit life; of necromancy, witchcraft, and demonology; and, in a special manner, of the deep and wide-spread prevalence throughout the world of Indian opinion, of the ... incarnation of the power of Evil than of the genius of Benevolence Manabozho was living with his grandmother near the edge of a wide prairie On this prairie he first saw animals and birds of every...

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... nine new species of mammals and six new species of invertebrates, all of which are described in this volume In addition, one new species of 1  Hominins and Associated Fauna Fig. 1.2  Map of the ... for the discovery of remarkably well-preserved trails of footprints of hominins Given the significance of Laetoli for understanding and interpreting the evolutionary history of early hominins ... of about one million years Forty-nine species of mammals are currently recognized (up from 38 species in 1987) (Table  1.3) Of these, just over half of the species (53%) are shared with the Upper...

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... I thank Stephen Goddard of the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas; Steve Green Acknowledgments viii of the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill; ... vision of the durability of the American people and spirit, these images mirrored the complicated mix of emotions and attitudes of Depression-era audiences Chapter focuses on the depiction of the ... and geography of the region and descriptions of the Native Americans he and his party encountered It also includes a detailed and unflattering account of the white settlers of the North Carolina...

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... Battles A History of American Beer Brewing Battles A History of American Beer Amy Mittelman Algora Publishing New York © 2008 by Algora Publishing All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this ... 58 History, ” http://www.yuengling.com /history. htm (accessed August 27, 2007); Knut Oyagen, review of Yuengling A History of America’s Oldest Brewery, by Mark A Noon, The Social History of Alcohol ... issues have craft brewers faced as they built their segment of the brewing industry? The history of the American brewing industry is a history of a battle between control and individual freedom The...

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... ft of the soil profile (3.10.3.1) displacement weight of vessel (tonne) (C3.14.5.1) width of clear roadway (ft); width of clear pedestrian and/or bicycle bridge (ft); width of pier at level of ... position of the majority of viewers of the bridge, then use that information as a guide in judging the importance of various elements in the appearance of the structure Perspective drawings of photographs ... is a function of the adequacy of the database of past floods, and such projections often change as a result of new experience The above factors make the check flood investigation of scour an important,...

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