Services
Some of the bioassay/toxicity services Hydrosphere Research offers include:
- bioassay and toxicity testing
- acute and chronic testing to comply with NPDES
- whole effluent toxicity testing
- toxicity identification evaluations
- algae growth and nutrient limiting studies
- sediment studies
- bioaccumulation studies
- chemical product testing
- reverse osmosis reject water toxicity testing
- ion imbalance toxicity evaluations
- laboratory flow through testing
- aquaculture & mariculture research
- endocrine disruption testing
- consulting on toxicity issues
- mobile bioassay laboratories for on-site flow through studies
Toxicity Testing
Hydrosphere Research is a state and nationally recognized aquatic toxicity
testing laboratory. We routinely conduct tests to satisfy NPDES permits and
characterize toxicity problems. Our clients also call upon us to design new
and innovative toxicity studies. Toxicity Identification Evaluations Hydrosphere Research conducts Phase I, II, & III Toxicity Identification
Evaluations (TIE) for clients throughout Florida. These studies have
involved both acute and chronic TIE’s with both freshwater and marine
species. Many times, a full phase I TIE is not required. Hydrosphere Research
will consult with you to determine a hierarchy of potentially successful
treatments based
on your experience with your sample and plant operations. Hydrosphere Research’s
experience with your sample can prove indispensable when designing a custom TIE. Endocrine
Disruption Testing Hydrosphere
Research is recognized as one of the first commercial labs in the U.S.
to be involved with endocrine disruptor studies
using aquatic vertebrates
and yeast activity based test methods.
We have developed and implemented
a suite of tools for assessing the potential reproductive effects
of effluents and pure chemicals
to aquatic vertebrates. We emphasize endocrine pathways controlled
by estrogens
and
androgens. Hydrosphere Research works with some of the industry's
top researchers at the University of Florida and elsewhere to develop
new assays
for the detection of endocrine disruptors. We have completed
endocrine disruptor
projects in the following areas:
- Rapid screening for endocrine disruptors
- Fish pathology and histology
- Laboratory flow through studies on whole
compounds
- Life cycle studies
- Field evaluations of endocrine disruptors
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