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Estimation of Contaminant Toxicity to Threatened and Endangered Species Using Web-ICE Interspecies Extrapolation Models.
Citation:
VIVIAN, D., S. RAIMONDO, AND M. G. BARRON. Estimation of Contaminant Toxicity to Threatened and Endangered Species Using Web-ICE Interspecies Extrapolation Models. Presented at SETAC North America 30th Annual Meeting, NEW ORLEANS, LA, November 19 - 23, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
Estimating the sensitivity of threatened and endangered (T&E) species to environmental contaminants remains a critical need in ecological risk assessment. To facilitate toxicity estimation for a diversity of T&E species, a database of acute toxicity records for both aquatic and wildlife species (e.g., LC5O and LD5O) was compiled. Interspecies correlation estimation (ICE) models were developed using least squares regression to estimate the relative sensitivity of surrogate and predicted taxa from chemicals tested in both. ICE models for T&E species are made available on an endangered species module to assess potential toxicity to one or more T&E species via the Web-ICE internet application
Description:
Abstract for presentation as a poster at the SETAC Nth America Meeting 2009.