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Ta rge t receptor
Herring
80% diet
20% diet
Prey species
Euphausiids
Copepod
Water column
Stress source
Ta rge t analyte
source
Tailings as suspended solids
FIGURE 7.5
Herring food web adapted for ecological risk assessment conceptual model.
Harbor seal
Assessment
endpoint
Pelagic & demersal
fish/shrimp
Marine mammal
reproduction
Copepods/euphasids
Linkage
Water
quality
Food
chain
Phylo
genetic
Measurement
endpoint
Compare
predicted water
concentrations
with AWQC
Bioaccumulation
snail,
polychaete,
clam, fish
Benthic
invertebrate
bioassays
Acartia
bioassay
FIGURE 7.6
Marine mammal reproduction ecological endpoints.
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