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Sediment Systems |
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Outdoor Microcosm Systems |
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seawater microcosm studies are designed to evaluate direct and indirect effects of chemical stressors in sediment-water systems on the structure of different trophic groups, species interactions and the functional aspects of these systems. Ecotoxicity studies are supported by in-house analytical chemistry. Information from the FIU SERC Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment Laboratory is used to ● evaluate potential toxicity and screening of single chemicals in water, sediment, soil and diets ● evaluate toxicity of effluent wastewaters and determine causative agent(s) through toxicity identification evaluations (TIEs) ● assess toxicity of exposure to mixtures of chemicals to determine interaction(s) ● determine the bioavailability, bioconcentration and bioaccumulation of contaminants ● prepare ecological hazard and risk assessments (ERAs) for aquatic and terrestrial environments ● conduct natural resource damage assessments |
