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Ontario Typical Range of Chemical Parameters in Soil, Vegetation, Moss Bags and Snow,
Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy,
December 1993

OTR's for soil, vegetation, moss bags and snow assist in interpreting phytotoxicology data.

• Table of Contents [PDF]
• Introduction [PDF]
• Sections 1-5 [PDF]
  • Background
  • Ontario Typical Range Model
  • Use Categories/Receptors/Parameters
  • Review and Maintenance Process
  • Interpretation and Application of the Typical Ontario Range
• Section 6 Ontario Typical Range Distributions
  • OTR's for Soil a [PDF]
  • OTR's for Soil b [PDF]
  • OTR's for Soil c [PDF]
  • OTR's for Soil d [PDF]
  • OTR's for Soil e and Section 7 Summary of OTR98s [PDF]
• Appendix A1 Distribution-free Confidence Intervals for Quantiles [PDF]
• Appendix A2 Kolmogorav-Smirnov Two Sample Test [PDF]
• Appendices B, C, D [PDF]
  • Test Parameter Information
  • Derivation of 2,3,7,8-TCDD Toxic Equivalents (TEQ)
  • Brief Description of OTR's for Inclusion in Reports
• Appendices E, F, G, H [PDF]
  • Members of the OTR Committee
  • Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
  • OTR Sampling Regions
  • References
• Full Report [PDF 11062KB]

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