Field studies in estuarine ecosystems: A review of approaches for assessing contaminant effects

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5038660

Clark, J R

The types of data obtained in field studies must correspond to data used for risk assessment in order to verify approaches to predicting contaminant fate and effects in estuarine systems. Survival of caged test animals at field test sites provides field data for direct comparison with laboratory toxicity test results. Coupling survival and other effects data from caged-animal studies with assessments of stocks and dynamics of populations of the same or a related species at the field site allows extrapolation from simple laboratory and field test results to more complex and ecologically significant interpretations. The paper presents examples of various approaches to contaminant problems in estuaries.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5038660
• Report Number(s): PB-90-129586/XAB; EPA-600/D-89/255
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment, Vol. 12, 120-133(1989)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ESTUARIES
WATER POLLUTION
TOXICITY
ANIMALS
FIELD TESTS
MALATHION
POPULATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RUNOFF
SEDIMENTS
CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
ESTERS
INSECTICIDES
MASS TRANSFER
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
TESTING
THIOLS
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