Applicability of ambient toxicity testing to national or regional water-quality assessment

Elder, John F.

doi:10.3133/cir1049

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“…Appropriate environmental samples for assessment may include field-collected water and sediments or contaminant fractions sequestered through sampling procedures, such as the previously described SPMDs. Toxicity testing has many benefits, but it also has some limitations that should be considered as a component of a national or regional waterquality assessment (Elder, 1990). The following descriptions address examples of whole-organism toxicity-testing techniques that have been shown to be useful in evaluating environmental contaminants.…”

Section: Whole-organism and Single-species Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing biological effects from highway-runoff constituents

Buckler¹,

Granato²

1999

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Knowledge of the characteristics of highway runoff (concentrations and loads of constituents and the physical and chemical processes that produce this runoff) is important for decision makers, planners, and highway engineers to assess and mitigate possible adverse impacts of highway runoff on the Nation's receiving waters. In October, 1996, the Federal Highway Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey began the National Highway Runoff Data and Methodology Synthesis to provide a catalog of the pertinent information available; to define the necessary documentation to determine if data are valid (useful for intended purposes), current, and technically supportable; and to evaluate available sources in terms of current and foreseeable information needs.

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Section: Whole-organism and Single-species Techniquesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing biological effects from highway-runoff constituents

Buckler¹,

Granato²

1999

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“…Organisms may bioaccumulate pesticides and other SOC's from either water, food, or sediments, and their tissue may accumulate, in time, concentrations several orders of magnitude higher than the aqueous concentrations of the compounds. Many of the effects of bioaccumulation are complex and unknown (Elder, 1990).…”

Section: Overview Of Pesticides and Other Synthetic Organic Compoundsmentioning

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Surface-water-quality assessment of the upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds in water, sediment, and biota, 1975-90

Sullivan¹,

Stinson²,

Crawford³

et al. 1998

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The mission of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to assess the quantity and quality of the earth resources of the Nation and to provide information that will assist resource managers and policymakers at Federal, State, and local levels in making sound decisions. Assessment of water-quality conditions and trends is an important part of this overall mission. One of the greatest challenges faced by waterresources scientists is acquiring reliable information that will guide the use and protection of the Nation's water resources. That challenge is being addressed by Federal, State, interstate, and local water-resource agencies and by many academic institutions. These organizations are collecting water-quality data for a host of purposes that include: compliance with permits and water-supply standards; development of remediation plans for specific contamination problems; operational decisions on industrial, wastewater, or watersupply facilities; and research on factors that affect water quality. An additional need for water-quality information is to provide a basis on which regionaland national-level policy decisions can be based. Wise decisions must be based on sound information. As a society we need to know whether certain types of water-quality problems are isolated or ubiquitous, whether there are significant differences in conditions among regions, whether the conditions are changing over time, and why these conditions change from place to place and over time. The information can be used to help determine the efficacy of existing waterquality policies and to help analysts determine the need for and likely consequences of new policies. To address these needs, the U.S. Congress appropriated funds in 1986 for the USGS to begin a pilot program in seven project areas to develop and refine the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. In 1991, the USGS began full implementation of the program. The NAWQA Program builds upon an existing base of water-quality studies of the USGS, as well as those of other Federal, State, and local agencies. The objectives of the NAWQA Program are to: Describe current water-quality conditions for a large part of the Nation's freshwater streams, rivers, and aquifers. Describe how water quality is changing over time. Improve understanding of the primary natural and human factors that affect water-quality conditions. This information will help support the development and evaluation of management, regulatory, and monitoring decisions by other Federal, State, and local agencies to protect, use, and enhance water resources. The goals of the NAWQA Program are being achieved through ongoing and proposed investigations of 60 of the Nation's most important river basins and aquifer systems, which are referred to as study units. These study units are distributed throughout the Nation and cover a diversity of hydrogeologic settings. More than two-thirds of the Nation's freshwater use occurs within the 60 study units and more than twothirds of the people served by public water-supply systems ...

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“…Para Rand (1995) a seleção das espécies a serem utilizadas em testes de toxicidade devem seguir as seguintes premissas: os organismos devem ter significativa representação ecológica e econômica dentro das biocenoses, abundância e disponibilidade, bem como a importância comercial ou na cadeia alimentar; apresentar estabilidade genética e uniformidade de suas populações; ter baixo índice de sazonalidade; ter sensibilidade constante e apurada, e ainda, esses organismos-teste devem ser de fácil cultivo em laboratório, e para melhor representatividade dos ecossistemas, se possível, a espécie deve ser nativa. Elder (1989) acrescenta que, além dos organismos-teste responderem à variedade de contaminantes em concentrações naturalmente encontradas no ambiente, essas espécies devem ser representativas, ou seja, as respostas ao contaminante devem corresponder às respostas esperadas a uma comunidade, sugere ainda que, os procedimentos experimentais devem ser simples e rápidos, como também promover a reprodutibilidade dos resultados.…”

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Bioensaios de toxicidade utilizando invertebrados aquáticos em exposição ao Alquilbenzeno Linear Sulfonado

Felipe¹

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Ao Pai Celestial, o Grande Arquiteto do Universo, sempre presente, por todas as oportunidades que me proporcionara, e por sempre ter me oferecido saúde, disposição e força para vencer obstáculos. Aos meus pais, Gilberto Felipe e Vera Júlia Brugnoli Felipe, por todo amor dispensado, por todo apoio e gesto de carinho durante meus anos de doutorado. Obrigado por me ensinarem tudo que sei em minha existência e obrigado por nunca terem desistido de mim. Ao meu irmão Danilo Rafael Felipe, à minha cunhada Flávia Gásparo Felipe e ao meu sobrinho Felipe Gásparo Felipe, por todo gesto de carinho proporcionado, aos almoços de domingo reunidos na casa do pai, isso sempre fez toda a diferença na minha vida. À minha família de São Carlos, Sanca Badalada, por terem dividido comigo quatro anos de amor, partilha, companheirismo e festinhas, afinal não é só de trabalho que se vive uma doutoranda. Ao meu orientador Professor Juliano José Corbi, possuidor de inigualável saber, pela oportunidade, presteza, atenção e orientação durante meu período de doutorado. Obrigado por cada "puxão de orelha" que me impulsionaram a dar o máximo de mim. Obrigada também pelo companheirismo nesses anos de trabalho, foi muito bom trabalhar com você. À professora Maria Bernadete Varesche pela possibilidade de trabalho com os reatores e por todo ensinamento. Aos professores Guilherme Gorni e Maria Bernadete Varesche, pelas sugestões e contribuições na banca de qualificação.

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Applicability of ambient toxicity testing to national or regional water-quality assessment

Abstract: Introduction 1 Need for Biological Methods in Water-Quality Assessment 1 Difficulties of Biological Methods in Water

Cited by 8 publications

References 72 publications

Assessing biological effects from highway-runoff constituents

Assessing biological effects from highway-runoff constituents

Surface-water-quality assessment of the upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Pesticides and other synthetic organic compounds in water, sediment, and biota, 1975-90

Bioensaios de toxicidade utilizando invertebrados aquáticos em exposição ao Alquilbenzeno Linear Sulfonado

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