The envirotox R data package provides Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD) datasets from the Envirotox database 2.0.0 (Connors et al. 2019).
The datasets are provided for assessing general patterns in SSD data and testing code. The datasets should not be used to draw any conclusions about the toxicity of the individual chemicals.
The data is aggregated based on the code provided by Yanagihara et al. (2024) with three exceptions: the datasets in the envirotox package also include datasets with 1) a binomial coefficient > 0.555, 2) between six and nine species; and 3) two groups.
A logical vector called Yanagihara2024 indicates which datasets are consistent with the criteria used by Yanagihara et al. (2024) which required a binomial coefficient <= 0.555, at least 10 species and three groups.
Installation
To install the most recent version from GitHub
# install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("poissonconsulting/envirotox")References
Connors, K.A., Beasley, A., Barron, M.G., Belanger, S.E., Bonnell, M., Brill, J.L., de Zwart, D., Kienzler, A., Krailler, J., Otter, R., Phillips, J.L., and Embry, M.R. 2019. Creation of a Curated Aquatic Toxicology Database: EnviroTox. Enviro Toxic and Chemistry 38(5): 1062–1073. doi:10.1002/etc.4382.
Yanagihara, M., Hiki, K., and Iwasaki, Y. 2024. Which distribution to choose for deriving a species sensitivity distribution? Implications from analysis of acute and chronic ecotoxicity data. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 278: 116379. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116379.