title: Assessing the relationship between laboratory whole effluent toxicity test data and in-stream biological communities.
abstract: The ability of whole effluent toxicity (WET) tests to predict in-stream effects to periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish in a habitat-impaired stream was assessed. Habitat assessment data were useful in interpreting in-stream conditions for periphyton and benthic macroinvertebrates. Various periphyton and macroinvertebrate metrics identified siltation effects as opposed to water quality effects in-stream. Pathogen effects noted in fathead minnow WET tests were not reflected in the fish community. Overall, in-stream biological conditions confirmed the absence of water quality-related effects as predicted by WET tests.
authors.affiliation: ENVIRON International, Brentwood, TN 37027, USA. shall@environcorp.com
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Beeson
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kinsey
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heise
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lockwood
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003530:Cyprinidae; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000187:drug effects*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014873:Water Pollutants