EVALUATION OF THE EFFICACY OF EXTRAPOLATION POPULATION MODELING TO PREDICT THE DYNAMICS OF AMERICAMYSIS BAHIA POPULATIONS IN THE LABORATORY

摘要

An age-classified projection matrix model has been developed to extrapolate the chronic(28-35 d)demographic responses of Americamysis bahia(formerly Mysidopsis bahia)to population-level response. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of this model for predicting the population behavior of A. Bahia held(for more than three generations)under controlled laboratory exposure conditions. The research involved the performance of a standard life-cycle test and a multigenerational(greater than three mysid generations, 55 d)assay using A. Bahia to experimentally evaluate model predictions regarding population-level risks of chemical exposure.