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Table 4 Overview of the classification systems for the endpoints mortality and embryo number of Potamopyrgus antipodarum or mortality and fecundity index of Gammarus fossarum

From: Detection of chemically induced ecotoxicological effects in rivers of the Nidda catchment (Hessen, Germany) and development of an ecotoxicological, Water Framework Directive–compliant assessment system

Classification

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Gammarus fossarum

Status class

Mortality [%]

∆ Embryos [%]

Mortality [%]

∆ Fecundity index [%]

2

Good

≤ 20

≤ 20

≤ 30

≤ 20

3

Moderate

> 20–30

> 20–50

> 30–50

> 20–50

4

Poor

> 30–50

> 50–80

> 50–70

> 50–80

5

Bad

> 50

> 80

> 70

> 80

  1. “∆ Embryos [%]”—percentage difference of embryo number compared to the embryo number at the reference site
  2. “∆ Fecundity index [%]”—percentage difference of fecundity index compared to the fecundity index at the reference site