ASTM Bioassay Quick Reference Table

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Soil Standards

Media	Additional Info.	Organisms/Species	Test	ASTM #
soil	contaminated specific	Luminescent Marine Bacterium	toxicity	D5660-96
soil		birds	reproductive	E1062-86
soil		mice	acute lethality	E1073-91
soil	dermal	terrestrial mammals	subchronic dermal toxicity	E1103-96
soil	oral	rats	acute oral toxicity	E1163-90
soil		?	soil-core microcosms	E1197-87
soil		Chinese hamster	Gene Mutation	E1262-88
soil		mammals	bone marrow micronucleus assay	E1263-97
soil		mouse	lymphoma mutagenicity assay	E1280-89
soil	oral	rats	90 day oral toxicity	E1372-95
soil		rats & rabbits	developmental	E1483-92
soil		rats	two-generation reproduction	E1550-94
soil		plants	early seedling growth	E1598-94
soil		canine	cardiac sensitization	E1674-95
soil		Lumbricid Earthworms	soil toxicity/bioacummulation	E1676-97
soil		rats and mice	Oncogenicity Study	E1811-96
soil	soil elutriate specific	plants	chronic toxicity	E47.11.01
soil	hazardous waste site specific	terrestrial plants	seedling emergence	E47.11.05
soil		mammals	predicide efficacy	E552
soil	oral	vertebrate	acute LD50	E555
soil		rodent	rodenticide efficacy	E593
soil		nematodes	field evaluation	E629
soil		canine	reproductive	E757
soil	dermal	mammals	acute percutaneous toxicity	E758-97
soil		birds	subacute dietary toxicity	E857-87
soil	dermal	rabbits	dermal irritation	F719-81
soil	dermal	guinea pig	dermal allergenicity	F720-81

Sediment Standards

Media	Organisms/Species	Test	ASTM #
sediment	?	biological	E1525-94a
sediment-estuarine and marine	amphipods	10-day static sediment toxicity	E1367-92
sediment-estuarine and marine	Polychaetous Annelids	sediment toxicity	E1611-94
sediment-freshwater	invertebrates	sediment toxicity	E1383-94
sediment-freshwater	invertebrates	sediment toxicity	E1706-95b
sediment-freshwater and marine	benthic invertebrates	sediment toxicity	E1688-96

General Aquatic Standards

Media	Additional Info.	Organisms/Species	Test	ASTM #
aquatic	wastewater specific	Microbial Cultures	inhibition of respiration	D5120-90
aquatic	sewage sludge specific	n/a	Aerobic Biodegradation	D5210-92
aquatic	wastewater specific	n/a	Aerobic Biodegradation	D5271-93
aquatic	lubricant contaminated	?	toxicity	D6081-97
aquatic		aquatic organisms	stepwise process	E1023-84
aquatic	effluent specific	fishes,macroinvert.,amphibians	acute toxicity	E1192-97
aquatic		Daphnia magna	life-cycle toxicity	E1193-97
aquatic		brine shrimp	n/a	E1203-92
aquatic		microalgae	static 96h toxicity	E1218-97a
aquatic		fishes	early life-stage toxicity	E1241-92
aquatic		Ceriodaphnia dubia	three-brood, renewal toxicity test	E1295-89
aquatic		animals	acute animal toxicity	E1302-89
aquatic		aquatic herb (Lemna gibba)	static toxicity	E1415-91
aquatic		fish, amphibians, and macroinvertebrates	behavioral	E1604-94
aquatic		fishes,macroinvert.,amphibians	acute toxicity	E729-96

Aquatic- Freshwater, Marine or Estuarine Specific Standards

Media	Organisms/Species	Test	ASTM #
aquatic-estuarine and marine	Polychaetous Annelids	life-cycle aquatic toxicity	E1562-94
aquatic-freshwater	Selenastrum capricornutum	growth potential	D3978-80
aquatic-freshwater	mosquito (Wyeomia smithii)	acute toxicity screening	E1365-90
aquatic-freshwater	microcosms	multi-trophic level procedures	E1366-96
aquatic-freshwater	South African clawed frog, Xenopus laevi	frog embryo teratogenesis	E1439-91
aquatic-freshwater	fish	Ventilatory Behavioral Toxicology	E1768-95
aquatic-freshwater	macrophytes	Renewal Phytotoxicity	E1841-96
aquatic-freshwater and marine	Rotifer Brachionus	acute toxicity	E1440-91
aquatic-freshwater and marine	fish	behavioral	E1711-95
aquatic-marine	bivalve mollusk	bioconcentration	E1022-94
aquatic-marine	mysids	life-cycle	E1191-97
aquatic-marine	mysids	static and flow-through acute toxicity	E1463-92
aquatic-marine	seaweeds	sexual reproduction	E1498-92
aquatic-marine	Echinoid Embryos	Static Acute Toxicity	E1563-95
aquatic-marine	Saltwater Bivalve Molluscs	Static Acute Toxicity	E724-94

Air Related Standards

Media	Additional Info.	Organisms/Species	Test	ASTM #
air	inhalation	rats	Subchronic Inhalation Toxicity	E1373-92

Bioassay Related Standards

Media	Additional Info.	Organisms/Species	Test	ASTM #
related protocol		various	preparation for chemical analysis	D4638-95a
related protocol		n/a	pH	D4972-95a
related protocol		plants	Diagnostic Soil Test	D5435-93
related protocol	water formed deposits	n/a	sampling practices	D887-82
related protocol	storing	various	freeze drying and storing	E1342-97
related protocol		n/a	sediment collection standards	E1391-94
related protocol	cryopreservation	various	design and maintenance	E1564-93
related protocol	nitrogen freezers	various	handling procedures	E1565-93
related protocol	terminology	n/a	terminology	E943-97b