Aquatic Life Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen

(Saltwater) Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras

Final Criteria Document

EPA-822-R-00-012

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Final Criteria Document (PDF) (133 pp., 406 K)

• Appendix A: Comparison of 24 Hr and 96 Hr Acute Sensitivity to Low Dissolved Oxygen for Saltwater Animals
• Appendix B: Acute Sensitivity of Juvenile and Adult Saltwater Animals to Low Dissolved Oxygen
• Appendix C: "Chronic" Sensitivity of Saltwater Animals to Low Dissolved Oxygen
• Appendix D: Acute Sensitivity of Larval Saltwater Animals to Low Dissolved Oxygen at 24 Hr and 96 Hr
• Appendix E: Explanation of Larval Recruitment Model and How It Is Used
• Appendix F: Sensitivity Analysis of Larval Recruitment Model
• Appendix G: Time-to-Death Curves Used to Generate the Regressions in Figures 9A and 9B
• Appendix H: Growth Data for Constant Versus Cyclic Exposure to Low Dissolved Oxygen
• Appendix I: Comparison of American Lobster Growth Effects with Other Saltwater Species
• Appendix J: Other Data on the Sensitivity of Saltwater Animals to Low Dissolved Oxygen