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dc.contributor.authorWiddows, John
dc.contributor.authorStaff, Fred
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-12T20:09:04Z
dc.date.available2019-01-12T20:09:04Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationWiddows, J. and Staff, F. (2006) Biological effects of contaminants: measurement of scope for growth in mussels. ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences, No. 40, 30pp. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-224en_US
dc.identifier.issn0903–2606
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11329/667
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-224
dc.description.abstractScope for growth (SFG) is a method of assessing the whole-animal physiological response to sublethal stress induced by pollutants. It has been applied widely in small- and large-scale pollution monitoring programmes in various regions of the world, ranging from temperate to tropical. SFG was primarily developed for use with suspension-feeding mussels (Mytilus edulis or similar indigenous species) and in combination with the analysis of chemical contaminants in mussel tissues. SFG is based on the measurement of physiological responses, such as feeding and respiration rate, and is derived from the difference between energy acquisition (rate of feeding and digestion) and energy expenditure (metabolic rate). The method has been successfully tested nationally in a range of UK monitoring programmes and internationally as part of IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) Biological Effects Workshops to evaluate and compare pollution effects measurements at different levels of biological organization.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences;40
dc.subject.otherMytilus edulisen_US
dc.subject.otherSublethal stress responseen_US
dc.subject.otherPollution monitoringen_US
dc.titleBiological effects of contaminants: measurement of scope for growth in mussels.en_US
dc.typeReporten_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.format.pages30pp.en_US
dc.description.refereedRefereeden_US
dc.publisher.placeCopenhagen, Denmarken_US
dc.subject.parameterDisciplineParameter Discipline::Biological oceanographyen_US
dc.description.currentstatusCurrenten_US
dc.description.sdg14.1
dc.description.eovZooplankton biomass and diversityen_US
dc.description.bptypeStandard Operating Procedureen_US
dc.description.bptypeGuideen_US
obps.contact.contactemailinfo@ices.dk
obps.resourceurl.publisherhttp://ices.dk/publications/library/en_US


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