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Determining stressor presence in streams receiving urban and agricultural runoff: Development of a benthic in situ toxicity identification evaluation method

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2005

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Custer, K. W., Burton Jr, G. A., Coelho, R. S., and Smith, P. R., 2005, Determining stressor presence in streams receiving urban and agricultural runoff: Development of a benthic in situ toxicity identification evaluation method: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 25, p. 2299-2305.

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Determining toxicity in streams during storm-water runoff can be highly problematic because of the fluctuating exposures of a multitude of stressors and the difficulty of linking these dynamic exposures with biological effects. An underlying problem with assessing storm-water quality is determining if toxicity exists and then which contaminant is causing the toxicity. The goal of this research is to provide an alternative to standard toxicity testing methods by incorporating an in situ toxicity identification evaluation (TIE) approach. A benthic in situ TIE bioassay (BiTIE) was developed for separating key chemical classes of stressors in streams during both low- and high-flow events to help discern between point and nonpoint sources [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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