Aquatic Toxicology

Aquatic Toxicology
An international journal on mechanisms of and responses to toxic agents in the aquatic environment. Available on line with free access to table of contents, abstracts and search.
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505509/description

AquaTox Research, Inc.
Provides specialized aquatic toxicity testing and environmental information services including chemical, sediment, algal and mitoscan tests.
http://www.aquatoxresearch.com/index.html

Biochemistry in Marine Research
Comet assay, apoptosis, cell culture and biomarkers for marine research are topics on Dr. Ulrike Kammann's homepage. Also has pictures of ships and some fish screensaver downloads.
http://www.ukammann.de

Great Lakes Environmental Center
GLEC has diverse capabilities focused on aquatic/sediment toxicology and environmental assessment. Provides description of services, projects and links.
http://www.glec-online.com/

Harmful Algae and Red Tides
Provides a primer on how microscopic, single-celled plants can ocasionally grow very fast and accumulate into dense, visible patches, and also provides a number of articles on algal blooms that have appeared in publications.
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=11913

LimCo International
Consulting and research bureau specialized in aquatic ecology, sediment toxicology, biotests, pollution assessment and pollution control. Description of services and publications.
http://www.limco-int.com/

Marine Biotoxins
About natural toxic algae in the coastal environment. From the Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research Biotoxin division of the Department of Commerce, NOAA, and NOS.
http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/default.aspx?category=mb&pageName=biotoxin

Neurotoxin Fish Kills
Pfiesteria and Chattonella subsalsa aquatic health concerns in cold water climates.
http://www.atlanticbreezes.com/aquatic

Species and Seasonality Aspects of Marine Biotoxins
Information on analysis of samples of shell fish for paralytic shell fish poisoning toxin (PSP - saxitoxins) and amnesic shell fish poisoning (ASP - domoic acid) by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/shellfish/Biotoxins/biotoxins.htm

Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Environments (NOAA)
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Division assesses the effects of contaminants on the environment, assists in developing protective cleanups and coordinates projects to restore affected rivers, estuaries and other coastal ecosystems.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/cpr.html

Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Sediment
National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration. Toxicity-related guidelines to determine ecological risk, for use in evaluating sediment contaminated with toxic chemicals.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/sediment/sediment.html

Tubifex Test of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Other Chemicals
Inexpensive laboratory test with the annelid Tubifex tubifex Müll. for pesticides and other substances in a water-soil medium. Test determines a general toxicity level (LC50). Provides results of tests of 300+ pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals.
http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/choegger/Earthw/TubifTab.html

University of California at Davis Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory
Provides activities, publications, staff and resources.
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/apc/atl/