Maltby / Arnold / Arts Aquatic Macrophyte Risk Assessment for Pesticides

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4398-2213-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 156 Seiten

Given the essential role that primary producers play in aquatic ecosystems, it is imperative that the potential risk of pesticides to the structure and functioning of aquatic plants is adequately assessed. An integration of regulatory and research information from key specialists in the area of environmental regulation, Aquatic Macrophyte Risk Assessment for Pesticides provides a state-of-the-art guide to ecotoxicological risk assessment. Written by well-known experts in the field of aquatic risk assessment, this book is a practical reference for the assessment of the risk of pesticides with herbicidal activity to aquatic macrophytes.

The book supplies a concise, coherent, and science-based view from influential regulators, academics, and industry scientists. They address the selection of additional species, critical regulatory endpoints, and assessing the risk of plant protection products to aquatic macrophytes. They also present a clear description of key issues in macrophyte risk assessment, information on macrophyte test methods, suitable measurement endpoints, and data evaluation and interpretation.

Filled with recommendations distilled from existing regulatory experiences of aquatic macrophyte risk assessment, the book includes case studies to identify issues, data gaps, and inadequacies in study design. It also identifies improvements to risk assessment that could be implemented immediately and those for which further research is needed. An authoritative resource, the book points the way to an improved approach to aquatic macrophyte risk assessment.

Zielgruppe

Environmental scientists, engineers, and toxicologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maltby, Lorraine

Arnold, Dave

Arts, Gertie

Davies, Jo

Heimbach, Fred

Pickl, Christina

Poulsen, Veronique

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Toxikologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction and Background
Guidance, Recommendations, and Proposed Decision Scheme for Additional Aquatic Macrophyte Tests
Rationale
Tier 1: Proposed Decision Scheme for Additional Aquatic Macrophyte Tests
Higher-Tier Risk Assessment
Informing Decision-Making
Regulatory Issues Concerning Effects of Pesticides on Aquatic Macrophytes
Why Macrophytes are Important in Regulatory Aquatic Risk Assessment
Methodologies: Strengths and Weaknesses
Characterizing and Assessing Risk using Case Studies
Introduction
Case Study Evaluations
Reports of Workgroups and Follow-up Investigations
Workgroup 1: Criteria for Assessing the Need for an Additional Macrophyte Test
Workgroup 2: Development of a Proposed Test Method for the Rooted Aquatic Macrophyte, Myriophyllum sp
Workgroup 3: Use of Additional Macrophyte Test Species: Current Experience
Workgroup 4: Investigating the SSD Approach as a Higher-Tier Tool for Risk Assessment
of Aquatic Macrophytes
Keynote Presentations
Aquatic Macrophytes in Agricultural Landscapes
Regulatory Issues with Respect to the Risk Assessment of Macrophytes
Critical Evaluation of Laboratory Toxicity Testing Methods with Aquatic Macrophytes
Critical Evaluation of (Semi-)Field Methods Using Aquatic Macrophytes
Stakeholder Opinion on Current Approaches to the Assessment of the Risk of Plant Protection Products to Aquatic Macrophytes
References
Appendix I: AMRAP Case Studies
Appendix II: List of Workshop Participants, Workgroup Members
Appendix III: List of AMRAP Workshop Sponsors
Appendix IV: Glossary of TermsOther Titles from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry (SETAC)