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Experience
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- The following table
and map show the in-situ studies conducted by
Michael & Sandra Salazar of Applied Biomonitoring:
minimum size range, compartmentalized cages, exposure & effects endpoints.
Year |
Location | Number | Species |
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1974-75 |
San Diego Bay, CA | 1500 | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
| 1975-77 | Hood Canal, WA | 600 | Mytilus trossulus |
| 1987-90 | San Diego Bay, CA | 2500 | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
| 1991-92 | Harbor Island, WA | 3700 | Mytilus trossulus |
| 1993 | Tampa Bay, FL | 700 | Crassostrea virginica |
| 1993 | San Diego Bay, CA | 1500 | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
| 1994 | Delaware Bay, DE | 3200 | Crassostrea virginica Mytilus edulis |
| 1994 | Sinclair Inlet, WA | 1500 | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
| 1994 | Sudbury River, MA | 900 | Elliptio complanata (freshwater) |
| 1995 | San Diego Bay, CA | 1800 | Mytilus galloprovincialis Macoma nasuta |
| 1995 | Comm. Bay, WA | 300 | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
| 1996 | Ketchikan, AK | 4800 | Mytilus trossulus |
| 1997 | Port Valdez, AK | 2400 | Mytilus trossulus |
| 1997 | Port Arthur, TX | 2400 | Corbicula fluminea (freshwater) |
| 1997 & 2000 | Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 3300 | Corbicula fluminea (freshwater) |
| 1997 | Brunswick, GA | 1650 | Crassostrea virginica |
| 1997 | Port Alice, CAN | 1620 | Mytilus edulis |
| 1998-99-2000 | Cherry Point, WA | 6030 | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
| 1999 | Red
River Winnipeg, CAN |
3060 | Pyganodon grandis
(freshwater) Sphaerium simile |
| 1999 | St. Lawrence
River Montreal, CAN |
600 | Elliptio
complanata (freshwater) Dreissena polymorpha |
| 2000 |
St. Lawrence River Montreal, CAN |
800 | Elliptio complanata (freshwater) |
| 2000 | Augusta, ME | 1500 | Elliptio complanata (freshwater) |
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Consulting
Services Triad The Applied
Biomonitoring consulting services triad is based on the following three
tenets: 1) Innovation; 2) Communication;
and 3) Credibility.
Although a basic caged bivalve methodology has been used for over 20
years, Applied Biomonitoring has refined these methods to include both
bioaccumulation and bioeffects measures with innovative
methodologies. Communication skills have been refined through
numerous presentations at scientific and public meetings as well as
client consultations. Michael and Sandra Salazar have developed a
reputation for credibility and scientific rigor within government,
industry, and academia during their years of laboratory and field work,
research, and consulting that is widely respected. We caution that,
although other firms may tout their capabilities to conduct caged bivalve
studies to measure bioaccumulation and growth in support of ecological
risk assessments, Applied Biomonitoring is the recognized leader in this
methodology and the only firm with the experience and expertise to
consistently provide well organized, successful studies with a minimum of
risk to the client. Conducting field bioassays is not like building
a bridge and there are many potential pitfalls when working with living
organisms in variable environments. When a problem arises in terms
of field applications or data interpretation, clients generally prefer the
most experienced consultant with the most expertise; quality
doesn't cost, it pays! |