TOXICITY OF THE ANTISAPSTAIN FUNGICIDES, DDAC AND IPBC ...

4.5 TOXICITY OF DDAC AND IPBC TO FISHES AND AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
Based on the general inadequacies of predicting impacts of specific chemicals in our rivers with standardized
species and laboratory conditions, it is recommended that research on the use of mesocosms be initiated.
Mesocosms could be set up to use river water and intermittent injection of runoff to mimic the real world
(see Culp et al. 1999). This approach would require the development of a laboratory infrastructure to
supply ecologically relevant species for testing.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The technical support of Anthony Wood, Eric Stockner, Blair Johnston, Joanne Scherba and Keith Tierney
during this project was invaluable. The test chemicals used in this study were kindly donated by Kop-Coat
Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (Troysan Polyphase P-100) and Lonza Inc., Fair Lawn, NJ (Bardac 2280).
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