Data collection on the use of embryo bioassays with aquatic animals for toxicity testing and hazard assessment of emerging pollutants

• Published in: Data in brief Vol. 29; p. 105220
• Main Authors: Capela, Ricardo, Garric, Jeanne, Costa Castro, Luís Filipe, Santos, Miguel Machado
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.04.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aquatic metazoans; Embryo-tests; Engineering Sciences; Environmental Science; Legislation; OECD; Prioritization tests; Screening tools; Testing guidelines; Aquatic metazoans; OECD; Embryo-tests; Legislation; Prioritization tests; Screening tools; Testing guidelines
• ISSN: 2352-3409; 2352-3409
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105220

A thorough bibliographic survey on the use of embryo-tests with aquatic animals for toxicity testing was performed. The data regarding to the compounds sensitivity (NOEC, LOEC, EC50 and LC50), the available resources for the different animal models (knowledge on the life-cycle, amenability for laboratory breeding, number of embryos produced and reproductive strategy, genomic and transcriptomic resources), together with the European pieces of legislation regarding to animal testing and the available testing guidelines of national and international agencies (OECD, EPA, ISO, ASTM, ICES) were gathered, aiming to the standardization of new embryo-test model species for toxicity testing of new and existing compounds. The data contained in this Data in Brief article is presented and discussed in the review article with the title Embryo bioassays with aquatic animals for toxicity testing and hazard assessment of emerging pollutants: a review [1]. The dataset is provided with this article as a supplementary file.