Contaminant-adaptation and community tolerance in ecological risk assessment: Introduction

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 921-932

  Millward, Rod N ^a   Klerks, Paul L ^b  

^a Analytical Services Incorporated   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Community tolerance; PICT; Resistance; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544376627     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1080-700291905747     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Antonovics J, Bradshaw AD, and Turner RG. 1971. Heavy metal tolerance in plants. Adv Ecol Res 7:1-85
2. Barata C, Baird DJ, Mitchell SE, et al. 2002. Among- and within-population variability in tolerance to cadmium stress in natural populations of Daphnia magna: Implications for ecological risk assessment. Environ Toxicol Chem 21:1058-64
3. Blanck H. 2002. A critical review of procedures and approaches used for assessing PICT in biotic communities. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
4. Blanck H, Wängberg SA, and Molander S. 1988. Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance. A new ecotoxicological tool: In: Cairns JJ and Pratt JR (eds), Functional Testing of Aquatic Biota for Estimating Hazards of Chemicals STP 988, pp 219-30. American Society for Testing of Materials and Standards, Philadelphia, PA, USA
5. Boivin M-E Y, Breure AM, Posthuma L, et al. 2002. Determination of field effects of contaminants - significance of pollution-induced community tolerance. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
6. Brown BE. 1977. Uptake of copper and lead by a metal-tolerant isopod Asellus meridianus Rac. Freshwater Biology 7:235-44
7. Bryan GW and Hummerstone LG. 1971. Adaptation of the polychaete Nereis diversicolor to sediments containing high concentrations of heavy metals. I. General observations and adaptation to copper. J Mar Biol Assoc (UK) 51:845-63
8. Burkhard LP and Ankley GT. 1989. Identifying toxicants: NETAC's toxicity-based approach. Environ Sci Technol 23:1438-43
9. Chapman PM. 1990. The Sediment Quality Triad approach to determining pollution-induced degradation. Sci Total Environ 97-8:815-25
10. Clarke KR and Green RH. 1988. Statistical design and analysis for a 'biological effects' study. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 46:213-26
11. Fox GA. 1991. Practical causal inference for ecoepidemiologists. Jour Toxicol Environ Health 33:359-73
12. Gong P, Siciliano SD, Srivastava S, et al. 2002. Assessment of pollution-induced community tolerance to heavy metals in soil using ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and biolog assay. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
13. Grant A. 2002. Pollution tolerant species and communities: Intriguing toys or invaluable monitoring tools? Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
14. Grant A, Hateley JG, and Jones NV. 1989. Mapping the ecological impact of heavy metals on the estuarine polychaete Nereis diversicolor using inherited metal tolerance. Mar Pollut Bull 20:235-8
15. Hatch AC and Burton GA. 1999. Sediment toxicity and stormwater runoff in a contaminated receiving system: Consideration of different bioassays in the laboratory and field. Chemosphere 39:1001-17
16. Klerks PL. 2002. Adaptation, ecological impacts and risk assessment: Insights from research at Foundry Cove, Bayou Trepagnier and Pass Fourchon. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
17. Klerks PL and Bartholomew PR. 1991. Cadmium accumulation and detoxification in a Cd-resistant population of the oligochaete Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri. Aquat Toxicol 19:97-112
18. Knopper LD and Siciliano SD. 2002. A hypothetical application of the pollution-induced community tolerance concept in megafaunal communities at contaminated sites. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
19. Levinton JS. 1980. Genetic divergence in estuaries. In: Kennedy VS (ed), Estuarine Perspectives, pp 509-20. Academic Press, New York, NY, USA
20. Lewontin RC. 1974. The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change. Columbia University Press, New York, NY, USA
21. Luoma SL. 1977. Detection of trace contaminant effects in aquatic ecosystems. J Res Board Can 34:436-9
22. McIntyre AD, Bayne BL, and Rosenthal H, et al. 1978. On the feasibility of effects monitoring, pp 1-42. Coop. Res. Rep. Cons. int. Explor. Mer, No. 75. Charlottenlund, Denmark.
23. Millward RN and Grant A. 2000. Pollution-induced tolerance to copper of nematode communities in the severely contaminated Restronguet Creek and adjacent estuaries, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Environ Toxicol Chem 19:454-61
24. Roesijadi G and Fellingham GW. 1987. Influence of Cu, Cd, and Zn pre-exposure on Hg toxicity in the mussel, Mytilus edulis. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 44:680-4
25. Siciliano SD and Roy R. 1999. The role of soil microbial tests in ecological risk assessment: Differentiating between exposure and effects. Human Ecol Risk Assess 5:671-82
26. Soares AMVM, Baird DJ, and Calow P. 1992. Interclonal variation in the performance of Daphnia magna Straus in chronic bioassays. Environ Toxicol Chem 11:1477-83
27. Soldo D and Behra R. 2000. Long-term effects of copper on the structure of freshwater periphyton communities and their tolerance to copper, zinc, nickel and silver. Aquat Toxicol 47:181-9
28. USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) 1998. Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment. EPA/630/R-95/002F. Risk Assessment Forum, Washington DC, USA
29. Van Straalen NM and Timmermans MJTN. 2002. Genetic variation in toxicant-stressed populations. An evaluation of the "genetic erosion" hypothesis. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]
30. Wallace WW, Lopez GR, and Levinton JS. 1998. Cadmium resistance in an oligochaete and its effect on cadmium trophic transfer to an omnivorous shrimp. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 172:225-37
31. Weis JS. 2002. Tolerance to environmental contaminants in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. Human Ecol Risk Assess 8 [this issue]