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Main Title Field validation of multi-species laboratory test systems for estuarine benthic communities /
Author Diaz, R. J. ; Luckenbach, M. ; Thornton, S. ; Livingston, R. J. ; Koenig, C. C.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Luckenbach, Mark W.,
Thornton, Sandra,
Roberts, Morris H.,
Livingston, Robert J.,
Koenig, Christopher C.,
Ray, Gary L.,
Wolfe, Loretta E.,
Diaz, R. J.
Diaz, Robert J.
CORP Author Virginia Inst. of Marine Science, Gloucester Point. ;Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Biological Science.;Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL.
Publisher Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environment Protection Agency,
Year Published 1987
Report Number EPA/600/3-87/016
Stock Number PB87-188140
OCLC Number 1126334747
Subjects Benthos--Research--Methodology ; Estuarine ecology--Research--Methodology ; Marine biology--Technique
Additional Subjects Benthos ; Estuaries ; Water pollution ; Aquatic biology ; Tests ; Ecology ; Toxicity ; Laboratories ; Proving ; Correlation ; Florida ; Virginia ; Water pollution effects(Animals) ; Water pollution effects(Plants) ; Apalachicola Bay ; York River
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https://scholarworks.wm.edu/reports/2021/
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9100A7IB.PDF
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EKCD  EPA/600/3-87-016 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 02/01/2008
NTIS  PB87-188140 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 81 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Abstract
The major objective of the project was to determine the validity of using multispecies laboratory systems to evaluate the response of estuarine benthic communities to an introduced stress. In a 5-year period, experiments in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, and the York River, Virginia, sought to develop criteria for microcosm tests to evaluate the capacity of microcosms to model natural communities in the presence and absence of pollution-induced stress, and assess the validity of extrapolating test results of one location to another. Individual species response patterns in the microcosms were highly variable and seldom showed good agreement with patterns in the field. Species richness in the microcosms and field sites showed good temporal agreement and provided a conservative indicator of community response to a toxic stress.
Notes
"CR 812053." "Project officer: Dr. Thomas W. Duke." Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-25).
Contents Notes
The aim of this project was to evaluate the validity of using multi-species laboratory systems to assess the response of estuarine benthic communities to an introduced stress. Over a 5- year period experiments in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, and the York River, Virginia, sought to (1) develop criteria for microcosm tests for evaluating the capacity of microcosms to model natural communities in the presence and absence of a pollution-induced stress, and (2) assess the validity of extrapolating test results from one location to another. Procedures for constructing, maintaining and sampling microcosms were tested and refined over the study period. A large number of laboratory and field tests were conducted synoptically over this period, including experiments in which microcosms and field sites were dosed with toxicants (mixed hydrocarbons in some and pentachlorophenol in others). We have investigated various methodologies for analysing and interpreting data derived from microcosm tests.