bioconcentration
Sign in to saveIn aquatic toxicology, bioconcentration is the accumulation of a water-borne chemical substance in an organism exposed to the water.
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- Calculation
- Fugacity capacity
- Regression equations for estimations in fish
- Uses
- Regulatory uses
- Applications
- Equilibrium partitioning models
- Fugacity models
- Food web models
- Applications to toxicology
- Predictions
- Body burden
- Biological factors
- Environmental parameters
- Temperature
- Water quality
- References
- External links
In aquatic toxicology, bioconcentration is the accumulation of a water-borne chemical substance in an organism exposed to the water.
There are several ways in which to measure and assess bioaccumulation and bioconcentration. These include: octanol-water partition coefficients (KOW), bioconcentration factors (BCF), bioaccumulation factors (BAF) and biota-sediment accumulation factor (BSAF). Each of these can be calculated using either empirical data or measurements, as well as from mathematical models. One of these mathematical models is a fugacity-based BCF model developed by Don Mackay.
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