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This course will have an emphasis on the types of toxicity testing, the environmental fate of chemicals and the types of assessment needed.  This class will emphasize fish toxicity.  Students will learn about different types of toxicity testing including acute, early life stage, chronic, freshwater, and seawater.  The environmental fate of contaminants involving transport and transformation processes, bioaccumulation, bioavailability, biochemical mechanism, fate modeling will also be discussed.  Functional endpoints of ecosystem effects, federal regulation and ecological risk assessments as they relate to toxicological assessments are also emphasized.

College Credit:  2 undergraduate semester hours.  Graduate credit may be available to those currently enrolled in a university graduate program.  Additional post-classroom assignment(s) will be required.  Please contact Dr. Pat Mazik (pmazik@wvu.edu or 304/293-4943) or visit http://training.fws.gov/bart/WVU/WVU.html for information regarding this option.

Who Should Attend:  Biologists with some knowledge and experience in environmental contaminants who need/would like to broaden their expertise on the variety of contaminants present in today’s environment.

Length:  5 days/36 hours

Objectives:  After attending this course, students will be able to:

• Discuss the theoretical basis of aquatic environmental toxicology
• Describe of the physical, chemical, and biological variables influencing the effects of toxicants on trust resources
• List and generally describe the major environmental contaminants
• Identify and discuss the standard toxicity tests for freshwater and seawater diagnostics
• Describe the environmental fates of contaminants
• Explain the ecological risk assessment process in regulating contaminants