Buchwalter, D B

Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of selenium, in Ecological assessment of selenium in the aquatic environment: Summary of a SETAC Pellston Workshop

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Using Biodynamic Models to Reconcile Differences Between Laboratory Toxicity Tests and Field Biomonitoring with Aquatic Insects

Aquatic insects often dominate lotic ecosystems, yet these organisms are under-represented in trace metal toxicity databases. Furthermore, toxicity data for aquatic insects do not appear to reflect their actual sensitivities to metals in nature, because the concentrations required to elicit toxicity in the laboratory are considerably higher than those found to impact insect communities in the field. New approaches are therefore needed to better understand how and why insects are differentially susceptible to metal exposures. Biodynamic modeling is a powerful tool for understanding interspecific differences in trace metal bioaccumulation. Because bioaccumulation alone does not necessarily correlate with toxicity,...

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