Screening Benchmarks Reports


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AQUATIC BIOTA:
Suter, G. W. II, and C. L. Tsao. 1996. Toxicological Benchmarks for Screening of Potential Contaminants of Concern for Effects on Aquatic Biota on Oak Ridge Reservation: 1996 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. 104pp, ES/ER/TM-96/R2 (PDF file, tm96r2.pdf; WP file, tm96r2.wpd; self-extracting WP file of Appendix A, 96r2appa.exe).

Environmental Management & Enrichment Facilities. 1998. Radiological Benchmarks for Screening Contaminants of Potential Concern for Effects on Aquatic Biota at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC, Oak Ridge, TN. BJC/OR-80 (PDF file, bjcor80.pdf; WP file, bjcor89.wpd.
 
WILDLIFE:
Sample, B.E., D.M. Opresko, and G.W Suter II. 1996. Toxicological Benchmarks for Wildlife: 1996 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. 227 pp, ES/ER/TM-86/R3 (PDF file, tm86r3.pdf; self-extracting WP file, tm86r3.exe).
 
TERRESTRIAL PLANTS:
Efroymson, R.A., M.E. Will, G.W. Suter II, and A.C. Wooten. 1997. Toxicological Benchmarks for Screening Contaminants of Potential Concern for Effects on Terrestrial Plants: 1997 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. 128 pp, ES/ER/TM-85/R3 (PDF file, tm85r3.pdf; WP file, tm85r3.wpd).
 
SEDIMENTS:
Jones, D.S., G.W. Suter II, and R.N. Hull. 1997. Toxicological Benchmarks for Screening Contaminants of Potential Concern for Effects on Sediment-Associated Biota: 1997 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN. 34 pp, ES/ER/TM-95/R4 (PDF file, tm95r4.pdf; WP file, tm95r4.wpd).
 
SOIL INVERTEBRATES AND MICROBIAL PROCESSES:
R.A. Efroymson, M.E, Will, and G.W. Suter II. 1997. Toxicological Benchmarks for Contaminants of Potential Concern for Effects on Soil and Litter Invertebrates and Heterotrophic Processes: 1997 Revision. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN. ES/ER/TM-126/R2 (PDF file, tm126r21.pdf; self-extracting WP file, tm126r21.wpd).

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