TOXICOLOGY

Avalon’s aquatic toxicology lab routinely conducts bioassays on effluents from municipalities and resource-based industries as part of their compliance-monitoring programs. We offer the following bioassays:

• 48-hour LT₅₀ Daphnia magna
• 48-hour LC₅₀ Daphnia magna
• 96-hour LT₅₀ Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
• 96-hour LC₅₀ Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
• Microtox (EC₅₀)

Our toxicology lab also conducts the following tests on sediment samples as part of our clients’ environmental effects monitoring programs:

• Microtox (EC₅₀)
• Amphipod Mortality
• Juvenille Polychaete Bioassay