Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Toxicology

加拿大水生毒理学研究主席

• 批准号: 1000221924-2010
• 负责人: Holdway, Douglas
• 金额: $ 14.57万
• 依托单位: University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=643082
• 关键词: Canada; Research; Chair; Aquatic; Toxicology

Many environmental impacts occur because of pulse-exposure to contaminants including pesticides, toxic industrial chemicals and oil spills. Continued environmental deterioration over the past century, highlighted by global water quality crises such as the recent oil spill in the Gulf makes the ability to understand the long term consequences of such impacts vital to protecting aquatic ecosystems. Current monitoring often involves significant delays that increase environmental risk, while knowledge regarding impacts of such pulse-exposures remains limited. This research program will investigate contaminant pulse-exposure effects on aquatic organisms and provide environmental managers with better tools for assessing and mitigating their impacts.

许多环境影响是由于脉冲暴露于农药、有毒工业化学品和石油泄漏等污染物而产生的。过去一个世纪环境持续恶化，特别是最近海湾石油泄漏等全球水质危机，使得了解此类影响的长期后果的能力对于保护水生生态系统至关重要。当前的监测通常会出现严重延迟，从而增加环境风险，而有关此类脉冲暴露影响的知识仍然有限。该研究计划将调查污染物脉冲暴露对水生生物的影响，并为环境管理者提供更好的工具来评估和减轻其影响。