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ECOTOX Knowledgebase: Overview and demonstration
Citation:
Olker, J., C. Elonen, AND D. Hoff. ECOTOX Knowledgebase: Overview and demonstration. Duke University Risk Assessment Class, Duluth, MN, February 22, 2021. https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.14054366
Impact/Purpose:
The ECOTOX Knowledgebase is a comprehensive, publicly available application providing chemical environmental toxicity data on aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife compiled from over 51,000 references covering over 12,000 chemicals and over 13,000 species. ECOTOX data are used for all ecological risk assessments supporting pesticide registrations and re-registrations, all ambient water quality criteria for chemicals published since 1985, site-specific water quality criteria (by EPA Regions, States, and Tribes), and assessments used in emergency response. This training webinar describes the ECOTOX systematic review and data extraction procedures and provides a demonstration on how to access the data in ECOTOX for risk assessments and research.
Description:
The ECOTOX Knowledgebase is a comprehensive, publicly available application providing chemical environmental toxicity data on aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife compiled from over 51,000 references covering over 12,000 chemicals and over 13,000 species. This webinar provides: - Overview of the history of ECOTOX - Summary of the ECOTOX literature search, review, and data curation procedures - Demonstration of accessing and exporting data from ECOTOX using the interactive ‘Explore’ module to investigate and visualize the data available, the ‘Search’ module to directly query specific species, chemicals, or effects, and the ‘Help’ page to access documentation on processes, controlled vocabularies, and definitions.
