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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.08.018
Titel (primär) Maximum entropy estimation of a Benzene contaminated plume using ecotoxicological assays
Autor Wahyudi, A.; Bartzke, M.; Küster, E. ORCID logo ; Bogaert, P.
Quelle Environmental Pollution
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
Department BIOTOX
Band/Volume 172
Seite von 170
Seite bis 179
Sprache englisch
Keywords Spatial analysis; Zebrafish embryo; Maximum entropy
UFZ Querschnittsthemen RU3;
Abstract

Ecotoxicological bioassays, e.g. based on Danio rerio teratogenicity (DarT) or the acute luminescence inhibition with Vibrio fischeri, could potentially lead to significant benefits for detecting on site contaminations on qualitative or semi-quantitative bases. The aim was to use the observed effects of two ecotoxicological assays for estimating the extent of a Benzene groundwater contamination plume. We used a Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) method to rebuild a bivariate probability table that links the observed toxicity from the bioassays with Benzene concentrations. Compared with direct mapping of the contamination plume as obtained from groundwater samples, the MaxEnt concentration map exhibits on average slightly higher concentrations though the global pattern is close to it. This suggest MaxEnt is a valuable method to build a relationship between quantitative data, e.g. contaminant concentrations, and more qualitative or indirect measurements, in a spatial mapping framework, which is especially useful when clear quantitative relation is not at hand.

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Wahyudi, A., Bartzke, M., Küster, E., Bogaert, P. (2013):
Maximum entropy estimation of a Benzene contaminated plume using ecotoxicological assays
Environ. Pollut. 172 , 170 - 179 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.08.018