Fisheries & Aquaculture

Aquaculture Environment Interactions – Measuring, Modelling and Mitigation

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Aquatic toxicology is the study of the defects of manufactured chemicals and additional anthropogenic and natural materials and activities on aquatic organisms at different levels of organization, from subcellular through individual organisms to groups and ecosystems. Aquatic toxicology is a multidisciplinary field which adds toxicology, aquatic ecology and aquatic chemical science. This field of study includes freshwater, marine water and sediment environments. Common tests include standardized small and chronic toxicity tests lasting 24–96 hours (acute test) to 7 days or more (chronic tests). These tests measure endpoints such as growth, reproduction, that are measured at each concentration in a gradient, along with a control test. Normally selected organisms with ecologically relevant sensitivity to toxicants used to establish literature background. These organisms can be simply acquired or cultured in lab and are simple to handle