Chesapeake Bay Ambient Toxicity Assessment Workshop Report 1990
- Published:
- May 1, 1990
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program Office
The Ambient Toxicity Assessment Workshop was convened with the goal of describing the state of the art iin the use of biological indicators. As with any emerging field, it is clear that dealing with toxics is highly complex and more research and experience must be gathered. Creative and innovative methods need to be tested and existing techniques need further refinement. Although gaps wtill remain in our understanding of the effects of ambient toxicity on living resources, enough knowledge has been gained to lay out many important principles relating whole organism toxicity testing, sediment toxicity testing, and to lesser degrees suborganism toxicity testing and population rish assessment (based on toxicity testing).