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Main Title Agricultural insecticide runoff effects on estuarine organisms : correlating laboratory and field toxicity tests, ecophysiology bioassays, and ecotoxicological biomonitoring /
Author Scott, G. I. ; Fulton, M. H. ; Crosby, M. C. ; Key, P. B. ; Daugomah., J. W.
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Scott, G.I.
CORP Author South Carolina Univ., Columbia. School of Public Health. ;National Ocean Survey, Rockville, MD. Office of Estuarine Sanctuaries and Reserves. ;Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA.;Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL.
Publisher School of Public Health, University of South Carolina,
Year Published 1994
Report Number EPA/600/R-94/004; PB94-160678
Stock Number PB94-160678
Subjects Insecticides--Toxicology
Additional Subjects Farms ; Storm water runoff ; Pesticides ; Toxicity ; Water pollution effects ; Bioassay ; Aquatic ecosystems ; Fisheries ; Insecticides ; Habitats ; Field tests ; Estuaries ; Monitoring ; Shrimps ; Kiawah Island ; Oranic phosphates ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Mortality ; Risk assessment ; Tables(Data) ; Charleston(South Carolina) ; Organisms ; Fenvalerate ; Integrated pest management
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NTIS  PB94-160678 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 314 pages
Abstract The study compared in situ, field and laboratory toxicity testing results for several insecticides (azinphosmethyl - an organophosphate; endosulfan - an organochlorine, and fenvalerate - a synthetic pyrethroid) with ecotoxicological biomonitoring results from the macropelagic, estuarine tidal creek community in pristine habitats and in areas receiving significant insecticide runoff from agriculture. Field studies were conducted over a four-year period (1985-88) at several coastal field sites on Wadmalaw (Leadenwah Creek) and Johns (unnamed tidal creek near Kiawah Island) island, coastal sea islands located just south of Charleston, South Carolina. Results indicated that laboratory and field toxicity testing and biomonitoring methodologies should be integrated to provide holistic environmental risk assessments for pesticides. Laboratory toxicity tests provide the initial bench mark for estimating toxic effects. In situ, field toxicity tests provide a mechanism to validate initial laboratory tests and expand their design to test differences in formulations, life history stages, pulsed versus continuous dose, salinity interactions, and pesticide mixtures for more realistic estimates of effects of field exposures. Application of this method in the environmental risk assessment for three classes of pesticides (organochlorines-endosulfan, pyrethroids-fenvalerate, and organophosphates-azinphosmethyl) has been demonstrated in assessing the effects of nonpoint source agricultural runoff on sensitive estuarine tidal creek fauna in South Carolina.
Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-288). Microfiche.
Place Published Columbia, SC :
Supplementary Notes Prepared in cooperation with National Ocean Survey, Rockville, MD. Office of Estuarine Sanctuaries and Reserves. and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL.
PUB Date Free Form 1994.
NTIS Prices PC A14/MF A03
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20030708134556
Language eng
Origin NTIS
Type MERGE
OCLC Rec Leader 00934cam 2200229Ka 45020