Toward a Meaningful Interaction Between Ecology and Aquatic Toxicology

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Toward a Meaningful Interaction Between Ecology and Aquatic Toxicology

Neuhold, JM
Professor, Utah State University, Logan, UT

Pages: 11 Published: Jan 1986

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Abstract

Single species toxicity tests, microcosm toxicity tests, and ecosystem level field studies all have their advantages and limitations in determining the effect of a toxicant on an ecosystem. In spite of their limitations, laboratory toxicity studies are necessary for gaining autecological insights to how organisms respond. Microcosm tests are a first approximation to how an ecosystem might respond to the intrusion of a toxicant. Population, community, and ecosystem level field studies are necessary to interpret laboratory findings from single species and microcosm tests in light of the field realities.

Keywords:
aquatic toxicology, autecology, controls, ecology, ecosystem analysis, ecosystem states, microcosms, population ecology, processes, single species toxicity tests, synecology

Paper ID: STP29012S
Committee/Subcommittee: E47.10
DOI: 10.1520/STP29012S

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