Overview of Freshwater and Marine Toxicity Tests

Overview of Freshwater and Marine Toxicity Tests:

A Technical Tool for Ecological Risk Assessment

April 2004

Ecotoxicology Unit Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment California Environmental Protection Agency

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Overview of Freshwater and Marine Toxicity Tests

California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Section

Ecotoxicology Unit

April, 2004

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This document was prepared under a contract between the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis

Authors Brian Anderson Patricia Nicely Kristine Gilbert Rosamaria Kosaka

John Hunt Bryn Phillips

Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis

Reviewers James M. Donald, Chief, Ecotoxicology Unit

Karen Randles, Associate Toxicologist Barbara Shayne Washburn, Staff Toxicologist

Cal/EPA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

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Preface

This document is one of a series of technical resources and tool prepared by the Ecotoxicology Unit (OEHHA) as part of our goal of advancing the science and practice of ecological risk assessment (Guidelines for Assessing Ecological Risk Posed by Chemicals, Developmental Plan, May 1998, posted at: oehha.ecotox/documents).

It is anticipated that the ecological risk assessment community will utilize this document as a preliminary tool to conveniently review existing scientific information on Freshwater and Marine Toxicity Tests. Efforts have been made to ensure that the information in this document accurately reflects the original source. However, users should refer to the original publication in order to thoroughly understand the tests and any appropriate limitations on their use. Cal/EPA, OEHHA and the University of California Regents are not responsible for damages of any kind resulting from the use of or reliance on this information by risk assessors or risk managers.

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