predicted no-effect concentration

initialism: PNEC
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14945
Concentration that is expected to cause no adverse effect to any naturally occurring population in an environment at risk from exposure to a given substance.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 931 [Terms] [Paper]