Web Directory

» AquaTox Research, Inc.
   Provides specialized aquatic toxicity testing and environmental information services including chemical, sediment, algal and mitoscan tests.
   http://www.aquatoxresearch.com/index.html

» Aquatic Toxicology
   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.
   http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505509/description

» Biochemistry in Marine Research
   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.
   http://www.ukammann.de

» DIESE: Determination of Pertinent Indicators for Environmental Monitoring
   French and English collaborative project to determine the identities, levels and effects of key pollutants in aquatic environments.
   http://www.univ-lehavre.fr/recherche/diese/diese.php

» Great Lakes Environmental Center
   GLEC has diverse capabilities focused on aquatic/sediment toxicology and environmental assessment. Provides description of services, projects and links.
   http://www.glec-online.com/

» Harmful Algae and Red Tides
   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.
   http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=11913

» LimCo International
   Consulting and research bureau specialized in aquatic ecology, sediment toxicology, biotests, pollution assessment and pollution control. Description of services and publications.
   http://www.limco-int.com/

» Marine Biotoxins
   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.
   http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/default.aspx?category=mb&pageName=biotoxin

» Neurotoxin Fish Kills
   Pfiesteria and Chattonella subsalsa aquatic health concerns in cold water climates.
   http://www.atlanticbreezes.com/aquatic

» Species and Seasonality Aspects of Marine Biotoxins
   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).
   http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/shellfish/Biotoxins/biotoxins.htm

» Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Environments (NOAA)
   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
   http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/cpr.html

» Toxic Chemicals in Coastal Sediment
   National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration. Toxicity-related guidelines to determine ecological risk, for use in evaluating sediment contaminated with toxic chemicals.
   http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/sediment/sediment.html

» University of California at Davis Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory
   Provides activities, publications, staff and resources.
   http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/apc/atl/