Population approaches to aquatic toxicology

Conference · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6242463

Vinegar, M B

Field studies in which age-specific survivorship and fecundity are measured can provide data for the validation of laboratory studies conducted to assess the effects of toxic materials on aquatic species. Comparison of the variability of age-specific survivorship and fecundity in polluted versus nonpolluted areas would provide insight into the consequences of pollution at the population level. Techniques which permit prediction of population structure and growth from age-specific survivorship and fecundity schedules are described. These techniques include the life table and the Leslie matrix. Examples of population studies in which these techniques may be applied are given.

• Research Organization: Nat. Distillers and Chemical Corp., Cincinnati, OH
• OSTI ID: 6242463
• Report Number(s): CONF-8110103-
• Journal Information: Am. Soc. Test. Mater., Spec. Tech. Publ.; (United States), Vol. STP-802; Conference: American Society of Testing and Materials symposium on aquatic toxicology, St Louis, MO, USA, 15 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
AGE DEPENDENCE
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIMENT PLANNING
FERTILITY
FIELD TESTS
POPULATIONS
SURVIVAL CURVES
SURVIVAL TIME
TOXIC MATERIALS
TOXICITY
VALIDATION
WATER POLLUTION
ECOSYSTEMS
MATERIALS
PLANNING
POLLUTION
TESTING
520200* - Environment
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560300 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology