Ecotoxicology Studies

Smithers offers a variety of ecotoxicological programs with aquatic (freshwater and marine) and terrestrial species. Specific areas of expertise include: aquatic macrophytes and algal growth, fish and invertebrate acute studies, early life-stage, life cycle exposures in both aquatic and sediment environments, plant vegetative vigor, seedling emergence and germination, earthworm acute and chronic, and pollinator studies.

The ecotoxicology team works in well-equipped laboratories using analytical instrumentation to support a range of temperatures, static, semi-static and flow-through designs.