The Coastal Resource Coordinator's bioassessment manual / Donald A. MacDonald [and others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

MacDonald, Donald A.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division

Series:

Report (United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division) ; no. HAZMAT 93-1 (rev.)

Report ; no. HAZMAT 93-1 (rev.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal zone management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Coastal zone management.

Coastal ecology--Monitoring--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Coastal ecology.

Hazardous waste sites--Monitoring--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Hazardous waste sites.

Water quality bioassay--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Water quality bioassay.

Hazardous waste sites--Monitoring.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([205] pages) : illustrations

monochrome.

Edition:

Rev. July 2003.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, Wash. : [U.S. Dept. of Commerce], National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, 2003.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Chapter 1. Bioassessment: an overview

Chapter 2. The role of bioassessment in the remedial process

Chapter 3. Toxicity tests

Chapter 4. Bioaccumulation

Chapter 5. Biomarkers

Chapter 6. Benthic community studies

Chapter 7. Study design and statistical analysis

Chapter 8. Summary of recommended bioassay protocols

Chapter 9. Aquatic physico-chemical parameters

Appendix A. Glossary

Appendix B. Protocols

Appendix C. Toxicity test sensitivity comparison table.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on October 4, 2011).

"December 1992 - revised July 2003."

"Prepared by Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."--Page 1

"This manual and any internal procedures adopted for its implementation are intended solely as guidance. They do not constitute rulemaking by any agency and may not be relied upon to create a right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by law or in equity, by any person. Any agency or person may take action at variance with this manual or its internal implementing process"--Purpose and use of this guidance

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

77536522