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Main Title Microcosms as potential screening tools for evaluating transport and effects of effects of toxic substances /
Author Ausmus, B. S. ; Harris, W. F. ; Eddlemon, G. K. ; Draggan, S. J. ; Giddhings, J. M. ; Jackson, D. R.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Ausmus, B. S.
Harris, Wiley F.
CORP Author Environmental Research Laboratory (Athens, Ga.); Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Environment Sciences Division.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; Available from National Technical Information Service, U.S. Commerce,
Year Published 1980
Report Number ORNL/EPA-4; EPA-600/3-80-042; W-7405-ENG-26
Stock Number ORNL/EPA-4
OCLC Number 12703284
Subjects Hazardous substances--Transportation--United States ; Toxicity testing--United States
Additional Subjects Hazardous substances--United States--Transportation ; Toxicity testing--United States ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Functional models ; Pollution ; Terrestrial ecosystems ; Accuracy ; Environmental impacts ; Environmental transport ; Evaluation ; Performance testing ; ERDA/510200 ; ERDA/520200
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000HT2K.PDF
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EHAM  HD199.5.D3M619 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 04/29/2016
EJBD  EPA 600-3-80-042 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/16/2016
EJDD  EPA-600/3-80-042 Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD 10/09/1998
EKBD  EPA-600/3-80-042 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 07/28/2000
EKCD  EPA-600/3-80-042 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 07/10/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-3-80-042 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
EMBD  EPA/600/3-80/042 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 11/03/1989
ERAD  EPA 600/3-80-042 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 10/22/2012
ESAD  EPA 600-3-80-042 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  ORNL/EPA-4 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xvii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Terrestrial and aquatic microcosms were evaluated for use in research on environmental contaminants. Research completed in this project attempted to: (1) evaluate relationships among size, complexity, stability, and replicability; (2) assess the simularity between microcosm results and actual environmental transport and effects; (3) identify and quantify system-level parameters that might be sensitive indicators of effects of chemical contaminants; (4) determine the relationship between system-level parameters measured in microcosms and in natural ecosystems; and (5) suggest protocols for establishing, maintaining, and interpreting results from microcosms. A number of experimental approaches using several microcosm designs and contaminants are reported. The use of terrestrial microcosm results was evaluated in conjunction with mathematical simulation models as a means of extending short-term exprimental results to interpret conditions as they might occur in the natural ecosystem. Although microcosms offer an excellent experimental system, their application to toxic substance testing is not a straightforward matter. They are characterized by complex dynamics and counterintuitive responses just as is the ecosystem to which they are an analog. These factors notwithstanding, microcosms do offer an excellent means of studying specific aspects of contaminant behavior and ecosystem processes. With appropriate attention to the design of specific questions, answers to which are relevant to interpreting ecological transport and effects of contaminants, microcosms can be useful tools. (ERA citation 05:027712)
Notes
"Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory." "June 1980." "ORNL/EPA-4." "EPA-600/3-80-042." "Contract W-7405-eng-26." "Interagency agreement no. IAG-D6-0713."