The use of biological ecotoxicological tests in the context of the routine use of contaminated land assessment

Title:

Resource Type:

document --> technical publication --> proceedings / conference paper(s)

Country:

EU Projects

Year of publication:

2003

Author 1/Producer:

Römbke, J.

Author / Producer Type:

EC Project

Publisher:

Research Centre for Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (RECETOX)

Publisher City:

Kamenice 126/3 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Report / download web link (=direct link):

http://www.recetox.muni.cz/coe/sources/workshop_3_soil_sed/R ...

Format (e.g. PDF):

PDF

Size: (e.g. 20mb)

EUGRIS Keyword(s):

Contaminated land-->Risk assessment-->Receptor: Ecological
Contaminated land-->Soil and groundwater processes-->Ecotoxicology
Soil-->Soil quality

Short description:

This conference presentation outlines the argument for ecotoxicological tests in the assessment of contaminated soil, focusing on the German ERNTE project as an example of work aiming to produce and compare different test methods to establish a range of quick, reliable laboratory ecotoxicological tests to assess contaminated sites. A battery of tests is recommended, along with scope for improvement and examples of applications.

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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat? Last update: 17/05/2007