Ecotoxicology Resource Links

*** The Ecotoxicology resources developed by OEHHA and their links, provided below, are included for informational purposes only and are not updated or maintained. For more information, please e-mail OEHHA Answers. For current ecological risk assessment guidance, tools and other information on assessing contaminated sites, see Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Human and Ecological Risk Office (HERO) Ecological Risk Assessment ***

These links are provided to facilitate informational searches and are not necessarily endorsements of methodologies or products.

Ecological Risk Assessment Guidelines and Methods

• U.S. EPA document Generic Ecological Endpoints for Risk Assessment: http://cfpub2.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=55131
• US EPA Environmental Test Methods and Guidelines
• US EPA NCEA 
  National Center for Environmental Assessment

Ecology

• DFG lists of California threatened/endangered species
• Federal lists of endangered/threatened species: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/species/index.html

Ecotoxicology

• A January 2004 ruling regarding pesticides use restrictions near salmon spawning streams:
  • General Information: http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/endanger/wtc/index.html
  • California-specific information: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/es/salmonid.htm
• Information on pesticides provided by California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/index.htm
  • Pesticide use reports:
    http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/pur/purmain.htm
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), a learned society that promotes the advancement and application of scientific research related to contaminants and other stressors in the environment.
  http://www.setac.org/
• Northern California Chapter of SETAC: https://norcalsetac.wordpress.com/
• US EPA guidelines for sediment quality:
  http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/cs/guidelines.htm
• US EPA Water Quality Criteria:
  http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/
• USGS Ecosystems
• Wild World
  Hosted by National Geographic—Information on all 867 of the planet's Ecoregions

Databases

• CalEPA Department of Pesticide Regulation 
  Endangered Species Project
• CERES 
  California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
• Contaminant Hazard Reviews 
  USGS Geological Survey Eisler Reports
• NOAA Screening Quick Reference Tables 
  (SQuiRTs)
• Pesticide Action Network database on pesticides and related compounds:www.pesticideinfo.org
• University of California, Davis
  Information Center for the Environment
• USEPA ECOTOX Database On-line
  (ACQUIRE, PHYTOTOX and TERRETOX)
• USGS
  Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Residing In Estuaries
• USGS Patuxent Species Decline Database