A Pilot Study for Ambient Toxicity Testing in the Chesapeake Bay Year 3 1994 Part I
- Published:
- July 1, 1994
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
This pilot study was designed to evaluate ambient toxicity i the ChesapeakeBay Watershed by using a battery of water column and sediment toxicity tests. a team of scientists from two Chesapeake Bay research laboratories worked jointly to complete this goal. Water column toxicity studies were directed by Lenwood W. Hall, Jr. of the University of Maryland System's Agricultural Experiment Station; sediment toxicity tests were managed by Raymond W. Alden,III of Old dominion University Applied Marine Reserach Laboratory. This report summarizes data from the third year of a three-year pilot study. The following government agencies were responsible for supporting and/or managing this research: U.S, Environmental Protection Agency, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Maryland Depart of the Environment.