Qualitative use of Dynamic Energy Budget theory in ecotoxicology: Case study on oil contamination and Arctic copepods

The Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory provides a logic and consistent framework to evaluate ecotoxicological test results. Currently this framework is not regularly applied in ecotoxicology given perceived complexity and data needs. However, even in the case of low data availability the DEB theory...

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Published in:Journal of sea research Vol. 73; pp. 24 - 31
Main Authors: Klok, Chris, Hjorth, Morten, Dahllöf, Ingela
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 01.10.2012
Elsevier
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Arctic region
Availability
Biological and medical sciences
calanus finmarchicus
calanus glacialis
case studies
Complexity
Contamination
Copepoda
crude-oil
disko bay
Dynamic tests
Dynamics
Ecological effects
Ecology
ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution
egg-production
Ekologi
energy
Energy budgets
Environmental Sciences
eurytemora-affinis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
hatching
individual growth
life-cycle
Marine
Miljövetenskap
multiple end-points
oils
pahs
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
population-level
reproduction
Sea water ecosystems
Synecology
toxicity tests
Arctic region
Arctic Region
PN, Arctic
Ecotoxicology
Hydrocarbon
Theory
Polycyclic aromatic compound
Contamination
Crustacea
Energy budget
Case study
Marine environment
Reproduction
Calanus finmarchicus
Calanus glacialis
Dynamics
Arthropoda
Copepoda
PAHs
Invertebrata
ISSN:1385-1101, 1873-1414
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Summary:The Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory provides a logic and consistent framework to evaluate ecotoxicological test results. Currently this framework is not regularly applied in ecotoxicology given perceived complexity and data needs. However, even in the case of low data availability the DEB theory is already useful. In this paper we apply the DEB theory to evaluate the results in three previously published papers on the effects of PAHs on Arctic copepods. Since these results do not allow for a quantitative application we used DEB qualitatively. The ecotoxicological results were thereby set in a wider ecological context and we found a logical explanation for an unexpected decline in hatching success described in one of these papers. Moreover, the DEB evaluation helped to derive relevant ecological questions that can guide future experimental work on this subject.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.004
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ISSN:1385-1101
1873-1414
DOI:10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.004