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esults suggest effects in the low nanomolar range. In another microcosm experiment, bacterial
degradation of SeaNine was investigated. Results indicated slow degradation of SeaNine, with
toxicity persisting for 28 days.
A field study on the effects of Irgarol 1051 on periphyton community tolerance was performed
in the Fiskebäckskil area on the Swedish west-coast during summer 1999. The observed
community tolerance was stronger than observed in a previous study (Blanck & Dahl, 1994,
unpublished) and the reason for this is now being investigated.
Novel toxicological techniques have also been developed using flow cytometry and pigment
analyses to assess the effect of Irgarol 1051 on natural phytoplankton populations.
DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS
An ACE web site has been set up at www.pml.ac.uk/ace.
A concise relational database, built in Microsoft Access 97, has been constructed and will be
made available through the web.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This text is a compilation of information contributed by all the participants within the ACE
project. The research undertaken in the framework of ACE (Assessment of Antifouling Agents
in Coastal Environments) is part of the EC IMPACTS cluster (Anthropogenic impacts on the
marine environment). We acknowledge the support from the European Commission’s
Environment and Sustainable Development programme under contract MAS3-CT98-0178).
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