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Welcome to Aquatic Bioassays: an On-Line Workshop

This workshop is designed for environmental management personnel, and for contractors and consultants in the area of waste management (particularly those concerned with mangement of industrial or municipal effluents). This online workshop can be taken for Continuing Education Units through the Louisiana Tech Division of Continuing Education. Students enrolled in the Environmental Science Program at Louisiana Tech University may also receive university credit for completing this workshop. Topics covered in the workshop include:

	Governmental regulations concerning aquatic pollution
	NPDES Permitting Program and WET tests
	Standardized EPA-mandated biomonitoring tests
	Test organisms commonly used in aquatic bioassays
	Acute toxicity tests: description and methodolgy
	Chronic toxicity tests: description and methodology
	Quality Assurance in aquatic bioassays
	Choosing a qualified laboratory for bioassays
	Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TRE)
	Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE)

This workshop web site is designed and maintained by Dr. J. M. Wakeman. Click on the boxes below to visit other areas of this web site. You can also click on underlined words or phrases to go to other areas of the web site.

Certain areas of the site are reserved for those enrolled in the workshop, and a password will be required to access those areas. For further information about enrolling in this online workshop, email Dr. Wakeman at wakeman@latech.edu.