Assessment of ecosystem health, toxic and genotoxic potential of sediments and organisms
- Berlin Univ. of Technology (Germany)
A novel battery of indicative biochemical and cellular (e.g. immunological) markers are applied to characterize freshwater and coastal environments by -- what is now termed -- ecosystem health profiles. Studies concentrate on selected fish, bivalve species and sediments from Inland Waters, North Sea and Baltic Sea. Very promising results for mapping of waterways and sediments by the summarizing parameter genotoxic potential have been achieved from the investigations using the DNA-unwinding assay and the umu-assay which is under the norming process of ISO (ISO/TC 147). In this paper the currently available biomonitoring tools and novel approaches are applied to generate information on early warning signals on ecosystem damage due to both man made and natural pollution. Emphasis is placed on using recently developed ``on-line monitoring`` approaches as potential biotechnology approach to assess environmental damages and manage ecosystems.
- OSTI ID:
- 211958
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9617%%274
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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