Biological test method for measuring terrestrial plants exposed to contaminants in soil: acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

This document was co-authored by J.A. Miller (Miller Environmental Sciences Inc., Innisfil, ON) and G.L. Stephenson (Aquaterra Environmental, Orton, ON). Dr. D.J. McLeay (McLeay Environmental Ltd., Victora, BC) is sincerely thanked for his contributions on format, structure, and text in most sections and his final review of the method. J.I. Princz (Biological Methods Division, Environmental Technology Centre, EC, Ottawa, ON) and K. Becker-van Slooten (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) are also thanked for their contributions to certain sections of the document. Input from J.B. Sprague (Sprague Associates Ltd., Salt Spring Island, BC) with respect to definitions in the Terminology section and statistical guidance herein is gratefully acknowledged. B.A. Zajdlik (Zajdlik & Associates, Rockwood, ON) is thanked for his input to the statistical guidance on regression analyses. N.C. Feisthauer (Stantec Consulting Ltd., Guelph, ON) is thanked for her technical guidance and thorough review of each draft.

R.P. Scroggins (Biological Methods Division, Environmental Technology Centre, EC, Ottawa, ON) acted as Scientific Authority and provided technical input and direction throughout the work. The studies resulting in the biological test method defined herein were developed in part by G.L. Stephenson, as part of her doctoral thesis. Further validation of the test method was directed by Dr. Stephenson, and managed and performed by N.C. Feisthauer (Stantec Consulting Ltd, Guelph, ON) and co-workers with Stantec Consulting Ltd. (formerly ESG International Inc.) (Guelph, ON). Additional method-development studies were carried out by J.I. Princz and K. Becker-van Slooten. R. Pandey of Guelph Chemical Laboratories Ltd. (Guelph, ON) and V. Marsielle-Kerslake of Analytical Services (University of Guelph, Guelph, ON) are thanked for providing assistance on methods for physicochemical analyses.

The interlaboratory studies undertaken to validate the biological test method were coordinated by J.I. Princz and performed by the following participating laboratories: Environment Canada’s Atlantic Environment Science Centre (Moncton, NB), Environment Canada’s Soil Toxicology Laboratory at the Environmental Technology Centre (Ottawa, ON), Ontario Ministry of the Environment (Etobicoke, ON), Saskatchewan Research Council (Saskatoon, SK), EVS Consultants Ltd. (North Vancouver, BC), and Hydroqual Laboratories Ltd. (Calgary, AB). Names of laboratory personnel participating in these tests are provided in the technical report on these studies (EC, 2005a).

We gratefully acknowledge the many useful comments provided by each member of Environment Canada's Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) responsible for the document's initial and final reviews, as follows: C. Boutin (National Wildlife Research Centre, CWS, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON), M. Dixon (Ontario Ministry of Environment, Brampton, ON), J. Gorsuch (Health, Safety, and Environment, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY), L. Kaputska (Ecological Planning and Toxicology Inc., Corvallis, OR), C. Kjaer (National Environment Research Institute, Silkeborg, Denmark), G. Linder (Heron Works Farm, Brooks, OR), R. Petrie (Office of Pesticides, Environmental Fate, and Effects Division, USEPA, Washington, DC), T. Pfleeger (Western Ecology Division, USEPA, Corvallis, OR), A. Renoux (SANEXEN Services Environnementaux Inc., Longueuil, PQ), R. Roshon (Stantec Consulting Ltd., Guelph, ON), J. Staveley (ARCADIS Geraghty and Miller, Inc., NC), and B. Zajdlik (Zajdlik Associates, Rockwood, ON). Contact information for each SAG member is provided in Appendix D. Support and input from various members of the Inter-Governmental Environmental Toxicity Group (see Appendix C) is also acknowledged.

In addition to the members of the SAG members who reviewed this document, the following people also reviewed the initial and/or final drafts and provided useful comments: K. Becker-van Slooten (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland), C. Boutin (National Wildlife Research Centre, CWS, Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON), E. Canaria (EVS Environment Consultants, North Vancouver, BC), S. Campich (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland), N. Feisthauer (Stantec Consulting Ltd., Guelph, ON), J. Gorsuch (Health, Safety, and Environment, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY), Goudey (Hydroqual Laboratories Ltd., Calgary, AB), F. Heimbach (Bayer CropScience Development - Ecotoxicology, Monheim, Germany), G. Lazarovitz (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON), D. McLeay (McLeay Environmental Ltd., Victora, BC), M. Moody (Environment/Minerals Branch, Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon, SK), K. Potter (National Guidelines and Standards Office, Environment Canada, Gatineau, QC), J. Princz (Biological Methods Division, Environmental Technology Centre, EC, Ottawa, ON), L. Regier (Hydroqual Laboratories Ltd., Calgary, AB), A. Renoux (SANEXEN Services Environnementaux Inc., Longueuil, QC), C.A.M. van Gestel (Institute of Ecological Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), and R. Wagemakers (Hydroqual Laboratories Ltd, Calgary, AB).