Population consequences of chronic toxicity:Incorporating density dependence into the analysis of life table response experiments

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Grant, Alastair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1147-2375 (1998) Population consequences of chronic toxicity:Incorporating density dependence into the analysis of life table response experiments. Ecological Modelling, 105 (2-3). pp. 325-335. ISSN 0304-3800

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Abstract

Data from chronic toxicity tests are usually analysed by calculating how the toxicant reduces population growth rate. The contribution of effects on different parts of the life history to this reduction can be determined using sensitivity analyses and life table response experiments (LTREs). These provide a convenient descriptor of what happens within the laboratory toxicity test, but are only a good predictor of likely consequences in the field if density dependence of population dynamics can be ignored. Here I show how sensitivity analysis and LTREs can be applied to density dependent populations and illustrate the methods with data on the toxicity of dieldrin to Eurytemora affinis. I also outline the extension of the approach to populations which experience variations in vital rates. Stationary population sizes in density dependent populations at equilibrium mean that vital rates late in life are usually more important than in the density independent analysis. Substantial reductions in some vital rates can have little impact on the population if they are compensated by reductions in the intensity of density dependence. This represents one aspect of the assimilative capacity of ecological systems.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: assimilative capacity,elasticity,ltre,pollution,sensitivity,sublethal effects,ecological modelling ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2302
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 16 Jul 2022 17:30
Last Modified: 23 Oct 2022 03:59
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/86412
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00176-2

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