Death of fathead minnow larvae after exposure to fluoranthene

Fathead minnow larvae were exposed to fluoranthene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, under two different algal densities resulting in different levels of ambient ultraviolet radiation. Number of dead larvaes were reported.

data(fluoranthene)

Format

A data frame with 24 observations on the following 4 variables.

algalconc

a numeric vector

conc

a numeric vector

totalnum

a numeric vector

mortality

a numeric vector

Source

M. W. Wheeler, R. M. Park, and A. J. Bailer (2006). Comparing median lethal concentration values using confidence interval overlap or ratio tests. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25:1441--1444.