Methods for Ecological Toxicology. A Critical Review of Laboratory Multispecies Tests

摘要

This document provides a review and evaluation of laboratory methods for measuring the effects of chemicals on aquatic and terrestrial population interaction and ecosystem properties. The use of mathematical models in ecotoxicological assessment is also addressed. More than 450 references are cited and a bibliography of 700 references is included. Laboratory tests are evaluated for their potential for standardization for use in the ecological hazard and risk assessment processes under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The criteria used for these evaluations include whether or not the tests are: rapid, reproducible, relatively inexpensive, unequivocal, sensitive, socially and economically relevant, predictive, generalizable, and well-developed.