PARENT SESSIONTA5 Soil Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment
203 Oregon Ballroom
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Tuesday
| 8:00 AM - | 247 :: New Environment Canada test method using parthenogenetic and sexually reproducing collembolan species. Becker-van Slooten, K.1, Stephenson, G.2, Miller, J.3, Campiche, S.1, Scroggins, R.4, 1 Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de, Lausanne, Switzerland, Switzerland2 Stantec Consulting, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Canada3 Miller Environmental Sciences Inc., Innisfil, Ontario, Canada, Canada4 Biological Methods Division, Environmental Technology Centre, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Canada |
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| 8:20 AM - | 248 :: The Use of an avoidance response test with earthworms for screening soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs). Stephenson, G1, Holtze, D1, Feisthauer, N1, Crumb, J1, 1 Stantec Consulting, Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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| 8:40 AM - | 249 :: Comparative sensitivity of Eisenia andrei and Eisenia fetida to the reference toxicant boric acid in artificial soil. Feisthauer, N1, Stephenson, G1, Crumb, J1, Holtze, D1, 1 Stantec Consulting, Ltd., Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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| 9:00 AM - | 250 :: High-throughput sublethal toxicity tests using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Boyd, Windy1, McBride, Sandra1, Rice, Julie1, Freedman, Jonathan1, 1 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA |
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| 9:20 AM - | 251 :: Improvements of ecotoxicological tests for the assessment of contaminated land. Roembke, J.1, Eisentraeger, A.2, Grabert, E.3, Huettner, S.4, Hund-Rinke, K.5, Jander, J-P.6, Neumann-Hensel, H.7, Terytze, K.8, 1 ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Floersheim, Hassia, Germany2 University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalia, Germany3 Dr. Bruno Lange GmbH & Co. KG, Duesseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalia, Germany4 Hölle & Hüttner Informationstechnologie GmbH, Tuebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany5 Fraunhofer Institute (IME), Schmallenberg, Nordrhein-Westfalia, Germany6 BioMetric Systems GmbH, Weiterstadt, Hassia, Germany7 Dr. Fintelmann & Dr. Meyer Laboratory GmbH, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany8 Free University, Berlin, berlin, Germany |
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| 10:20 AM - | 252 :: Development of subacute bioassays for the assessment of transgenic corn (Zea mays) expressing Bt proteins. Clark, B1, Coats, J1, 1 Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA |
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| 8:00 AM - | 253 :: Effects of heavy metals and explosive polynitro-organic mixtures on terrestrial plants and earthworms. Robidoux, PY1, Berthelot, Y1, Savard, K1, Auroy, A1, Ait Ali, N1, Ndayibagira, A1, Hawari, J1, Sunahara, G1, 1 Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| 11:00 AM - | 254 :: Effects of copper on reproduction of enchytraeids and collembolans using a broad range of soils. Amorim, MJ1, Römbke, J2, Soares, AMVM1, 1 Univ. Aveiro, Dpto. Biologia, Aveiro, Portugal2 ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany |
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| 11:20 AM - | 255 :: The use of a test battery to assess the potential toxicity of soils: Jales Mine (Portugal) case study. Loureiro, S.1, Ferreira, A.1, Nogueira, A.1, Soares, A.1, 1 Departament of Biology, University of Aveiro., Aveiro, Portugal |
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| 11:40 AM - | 256 :: Toxicity of digested, incinerated and pelletized sewage sludge. Fjällborg, B.1, Gustafsson, N.1, 1 Applied Environmental Science, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden |
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