Abstract The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) protocols for conducting
freshwater toxicity tests have been used in California, USA, to evaluate ambient water …

The definitive reference in its field, Ecological Risk Assessment, Second Edition details the
latest advances in science and practice. In the fourteen years since the publication of the …

Love Canal. Exxon Valdez. Times Beach. Sacramento River Spill. Amoco Cadiz. Seveso.
Every area of the world has been affected by improper waste disposal and chemical spills …

Various methods are available for investigating the effects of environmental conditions or
stress on fish ranging from assessments at the individual level to the population and …

In the present study, the individual effects of Ca, Mg, and pH on the chronic toxicity of Ni to
Daphnia magna were examined in a series of 21‐d reproduction tests in synthetic test …

The recent development of a custom cDNA microarray platform for one of thé standard
organisms in aquatic toxicology, Daphnia magna, opened up new ways to mechanistic …

In most oceanic environments, dissolved nickel (Ni) concentrations are drawn down in
surface waters with increasing concentrations at depth, implying a role for biology in the …

This study evaluated acute and chronic nickel (Ni) toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia and
Hyalella azteca with the objective of generating information for the development of a biotic …

This research characterized the effects of water quality and organism age on the toxicity of
nickel (Ni) to fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) to facilitate the accurate development …

Several techniques have been developed to assess the ecotoxicity of contaminated
watercourses. Most of these techniques involve chemical alterations of water samples, by …