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Derivation and expression of water quality standards

Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) for the protection of aquatic life.

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Derivation and Expression of Water Quality Standards

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Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) for the protection of aquatic life had been derived using the application of safety factors to a critical ecotoxicological dataset of the most sensitive species endpoints.

Published 25 June 2005