Aquatic Toxicology - http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505509/description
An international journal on mechanisms of and responses to toxic agents in the aquatic environment. Available on line with free access to table of contents, abstracts and search. |
AquaTox Research, Inc. - http://www.aquatoxresearch.com/index.html
Provides specialized aquatic toxicity testing and environmental information services including chemical, sediment, algal and mitoscan tests. |
Biochemistry in Marine Research - http://www.ukammann.de
Comet assay, apoptosis, cell culture and biomarkers for marine research are topics on Dr. Ulrike Kammann's homepage. Also has pictures of ships and some fish screensaver downloads. |
Great Lakes Environmental Center - http://www.glec-online.com/
GLEC has diverse capabilities focused on aquatic/sediment toxicology and environmental assessment. Provides description of services, projects and links. |
Harmful Algae and Red Tides - http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=11913
Provides a primer on how microscopic, single-celled plants can ocasionally grow very fast and accumulate into dense, visible patches, and also provides a number of articles on algal blooms that have appeared in publications. |
Marine Biotoxins - http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/default.aspx?category=mb&pageName=biotoxin
About natural toxic algae in the coastal environment. From the Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research Biotoxin division of the Department of Commerce, NOAA, and NOS. |
Neurotoxin Fish Kills - http://www.atlanticbreezes.com/aquatic
Pfiesteria and Chattonella subsalsa aquatic health concerns in cold water climates. |
Species and Seasonality Aspects of Marine Biotoxins - http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/shellfish/Biotoxins/biotoxins.htm
Information on analysis of samples of shell fish for paralytic shell fish poisoning toxin (PSP - saxitoxins) and amnesic shell fish poisoning (ASP - domoic acid) by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). |
Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Environments (NOAA) - http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/cpr.html
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Response and Restoration, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Division assesses the effects of contaminants on the environment, assists in developing protective cleanups and coordinates projects to restore affected rivers, estuaries and other coastal ecosystems. |
Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Sediment - http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/sediment/sediment.html
National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration. Toxicity-related guidelines to determine ecological risk, for use in evaluating sediment contaminated with toxic chemicals. |