Copepod Toxicity Testing

Copepod Toxicity Testing

Since 2006, the Aquatic Health Program has maintained a continuous culture of Eurytemora affinis and Pseudodiaptomus forbesi, an important prey species in the San Francisco Estuary. To culture and execute EPA acute and chronic freshwater toxicity tests with copepods.

Presentations/Publications:

• Effects of Pesticides to Critical Zooplankton Species of the San Francisco Estuary 
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  Presented at Bay-Delta Science on Tuesday, October 16, 2012.