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Assessing the Exposure and Relative Sensitivity of Native Freshwater Mussels to Environmental Stressors and Laboratory Conditions
Citation:
Assessing the Exposure and Relative Sensitivity of Native Freshwater Mussels to Environmental Stressors and Laboratory Conditions. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Impact/Purpose:
To provide information on the exposure and relative sensitivity of native freshwater mussels to selected chemical and environmental stressors and laboratory conditions.
Description:
1. Expands the database for pesticide toxicity on native freshwater mussels. 2. Aids in determining any potential differences in toxic sensitivity of gravid female mussel attributed to age and laboratory holding times. 3. Aids in determining potential differences in juvenile sensitivity due to laboratory holding on overall health and physiological condition and to assess the potential influence of differing growht rates on toxicity. Assesses the environmental realism of differing exposure routes on various mussel life stages and their relation to understanding the applicability of standard acute and chronic toxicity test methods for predicting toxicological hazard and overall risk of chemical exposure to mussels. 5. Expands the toxicity data base for temperature-based water suitability for native freshwater mussels.
URLs/Downloads:
Differential exposure, duration, and sensitivity of unionoidean (PDF, NA pp, 210 KB, about PDF)ACUTE AND CHRONIC TOXICITY OF TECHNICAL-GRADE PESTICIDES TO (PDF, NA pp, 83 KB, about PDF)
Sensitivity of Early Life Stages of Freshwater Mussels (PDF, NA pp, 924 KB, about PDF)