an extra sentence or two in the beginning of the introduction defining/describing exactly what an SSD is would be beneficial
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RESOLUTION
Replaced as suggested with highlighted text.
The species sensitivity distribution (SSD) is a statistical device that is used to estimate either the concentration of a chemical (the HCx) that is hazardous to no more than x% of all species, or the fraction (x%) of species that would be harmed by a given concentration.
Really? If the reader doesn’t know what an SSD is then the rest of the paper will not make sense! Anyway, rather than antagonize, I suggest the Intro starts with:
The species sensitivity distribution (SSD) is a statistical device that is used to estimate either the concentration of a chemical (the HCx) that is harmful to no more than x% of all species, or the fraction (x%) of species that would be harmed by a given concentration.
If you include this then my comment under 2 can be ignored. But given that the H is hazardous not harmed, better to stick to the words in the definition: ”’ that is hazardous to no more than x% of all species, or the fraction (x%) of species that would be harmed by a given concentration
RESOLUTION
Replaced as suggested with highlighted text.
The species sensitivity distribution (SSD) is a statistical device that is used to estimate either the concentration of a chemical (the HCx) that is hazardous to no more than x% of all species, or the fraction (x%) of species that would be harmed by a given concentration.
Really? If the reader doesn’t know what an SSD is then the rest of the paper will not make sense! Anyway, rather than antagonize, I suggest the Intro starts with:
The species sensitivity distribution (SSD) is a statistical device that is used to estimate either the concentration of a chemical (the HCx) that is harmful to no more than x% of all species, or the fraction (x%) of species that would be harmed by a given concentration.
If you include this then my comment under 2 can be ignored. But given that the H is hazardous not harmed, better to stick to the words in the definition: ”’ that is hazardous to no more than x% of all species, or the fraction (x%) of species that would be harmed by a given concentration
Yep – thanks.