Verifying Food Web Bioaccumulation Models by Tracking Fish Exposure and Contaminant Uptake

Abstract

The overall objective of this project is to develop and use innovative technologies that eliminate fundamental uncertainties in food web modeling by unambiguously documenting contaminant exposure, chemical uptake, and growth over time in individual fish, and to use that information to verify and improve food web bioaccumulation modeling approaches. The limited scope objective is to develop a fish tracking/recovery technology that monitors fish location over time and permits recovery of the fish at specified time points. The go/no go criterion is whether 50% or greater implanted fish can be successfully incapacitated and recovered from the water at the specified time point.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA568618

Entities

People

  • Karl Gustavson

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cells
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Habitats
  • Health Services
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Systems Analysis and Design