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Table 2 Overview of observed lethal and sublethal endpoints at the respective time points

From: The importance of sediments in ecological quality assessment of stream headwaters: embryotoxicity along the Nidda River and its tributaries in Central Hesse, Germany

Endpoint

12 hpf

24 hpf

48 hpf

60 hpf

72 hpf

96 hpf

Mortality

X

X

X

X

X

X

Developmental delays

 

X

    

 No somites

 

X

    

 Non-detachment of the tail

 

X

    

 No pigmentation

 

X

    

Heart rate

  

X

   

Hatching success

   

X

X

X

Malformations

     

X

 Oedema

     

X

 Eye/brain defects

     

X

 Deformation of the spine

     

X

 Light pigmentation

     

X