Recovery in complex ecosystemsJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 6 - Trang 181-187 - 1998
Robert V. O‘Neill
Current ecosystem theory has a deceptively simple representation of recovery. In actual practice,recovery is affected by the frequency and extent of disturbances and by the spatial heterogeneity of the ecological system. Environmental changes may pass through thresholds causing recovery to a different plant and animal community. The sheer complexity of the system combined with unanticipated synerg...... hiện toàn bộ
Integrating effects of contaminants across levels of biological organization: an overviewJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 7 - Trang 113-116 - 2000
William H. Clements
Effects of contaminants may occur at all levels oforganization, from molecular to ecosystem-levelresponses. While biochemical and physiologicalalterations in organisms may occur rapidly and areoften stressor-specific, the ecological relevance ofthese suborganismal indicators is uncertain.Alterations in populations and communities havegreater ecological relevance, but a firm mechanisticunderstandin...... hiện toàn bộ
Relations between resuspension and the content of 137Cs in freshwater fish in some Swedish lakesJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 4 - Trang 285-294 - 1995
Anders Broberg, Louise Malmgren, Mats Jansson
In many Swedish lakes, the fallout of 137Cs from the Chernobyl accident in April 1986 has largely accumulated in the sediments. The availability and transfer of deposited 137Cs to biota is influenced by factors such as resuspension. The frequency of resuspension and the 137Cs-content of different fish species was studied in three shallow lakes in Uppland, central Sweden, and in one deeper lake in ...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of food concentration on the chronic toxicity of sodium dodecyl sulphate to Daphnia magnaJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 3 - Trang 247-253 - 1994
Fernando Martínez-Jerónimo, Roberto García-González
Food concentration supplied during subchronic and chronic toxicity tests, is one of the most important factors that might influence the response of test organisms to toxicants. The green microalga Scenedesmus incrassatulus was used as food for the cladoceran Daphnia magna, in a chronic toxicity test with the toxicant sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). Test concentrations were 0.625, 1.25, and 2.5 mg l...... hiện toàn bộ
Ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity and fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in Zosterisessor ophiocephalus (Teleostei, Gobiidae) as indicators of environmental stress in the Venice lagoonJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 9 - Trang 239-247 - 2002
Anita Franco, Stefano Malavasi, Fabio Pranovi, Cristina Nasci, Patrizia Torricelli
The impact of environmental stress on the grassgoby, Zosterisessor ophiocephalus, wasstudied at both biochemical and morphologicallevels, by comparing three sites in the Venicelagoon (the Northern, Central and Southernbasins) which differ in terms of the degree ofanthropogenic disturbance, in particular withregard to organic sediment contamination. At abiochemical level, the hepatic ethoxyresorufi...... hiện toàn bộ
Critical issues in sediment bioassays and toxicity testingJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 4 - Trang 151-156 - 1995
G. A. Burton
During the past few years there has been a tremendous increase in sediment bioassay and toxicity testing and research. The increased activity has paralleled the development of regulatory interest and realization of the role of contaminated sediments in ecosystem degradation. Many critical issues which affect test responses, data interpretation, and extrapolation to in situ conditions, have not bee...... hiện toàn bộ
Implementation of a multiple biomonitoring approach to evaluate the potential for impact from an industrial dischargeJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 3 - Trang 259-271 - 1994
David Gruber, Cathia Frago, William J. Rasnake
Over a 2-year period, an industrial discharger implemented a program to determine if there was a potential for in-stream impact from its discharge, and, if necessary, to eliminate that potential. Six basic study designs were used. These included: (1) ambient toxicity tests using indicator organisms; (2) in-stream waste concentration (IWC) chronic testing using indicator organisms; (3) on-site flow...... hiện toàn bộ
EditorialJournal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health - Tập 1 - Trang 235-235 - 1992