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Molecular conductivity indices for modelling toxicities of Great Lakes contaminants to Daphnia pulex

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Abstract

Hazard assessment of hundreds of observed and potential contaminants in fish, sediment, and water of the Great Lakes is necessary to determine impact on fishery sources and other aquatic biota. The hundreds of new compunds introduced each year have few measured properties. Mathematical models based on quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) provide rapid, inexpensive estimates of physical properties and toxicites. These models are useful when the contaminants are not commercially available for testing. To develop these predicitive models, acute bioassay results (48-hr EC50 of Daphnia pulex) of 62 compounds were regressed against several modes of molecular connectivity indices. The compunds were selected from the more hazardous classes in a list of 476 compunds tentatively identified by GC/MS in Great Lakes fish.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Molecular conductivity indices for modelling toxicities of Great Lakes contaminants to Daphnia pulex
Year Published 1988
Language English
Publisher American Chemical Society
Contributing office(s) Great Lakes Science Center
Description 3 p.
Larger Work Type Conference Paper
Larger Work Subtype Conference Paper
Larger Work Title Preprints of papers presented at the 3rd Chemical Congress of North America and 195th ACS National Meeting
First page 521
Last page 523
Conference Title 3rd Chemical Congress of North America and 195th ACS National Meeting
Conference Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Conference Date June 5-10, 1988
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