AQUIRE database

Hunter, R., Niemi, G., Pilli, A., and Veith, G., Aquatic Information and Retrieval (AQUIRE) database system, in Computer Applications for Environmental Impact Analysis, Pillmann, W., Ed., International Society for Environmental Protection, Vienna, 1990, pp. 42-48. 

A9.3.6.2.2 Pedersen et al (1995) provides a data quality-scoring system, which is compatible with many others in current use, including that, used by the US-EPA for its AQUIRE database. See also Mensink et al (1995) for discussions of data quality. The data quality scoring system described in Pedersen et al. includes a reliability ranking scheme, which can be a model for use with in classifying under the harmonized scheme. The first three levels of data described by Pedersen are for preferred data. 

The ASTER-System (EPA, 1991) provides estimates of chemical properties, environmental fate and toxicity and access to the AQUIRE database. 

AQUIRE - Aquatic Toxicity Information Retrieval Database... 

The ECOTOXicology database is a source for locating single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife. ECOTOX integrates three toxicology effects databases AQUIRE (aquatic life), PHYTOTOX (terrestrial plants), and TERRETOX (terrestrial wildlife). These databases were created by the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development (ORD), and the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laborator) (NHEERL), Mid-Continent Ecology Division... 

Formerly known as Aquatic Information and Retrieval (AQUIRE) (Hunter et al., 1990), the ECOTOX database is one of the earliest free sources of toxicological and, to an extent, physicochemical data on the Internet. It is made available from the EPA and has undergone several modifications. Originally only accessible to U.S. government personnel and contractors, it was... 

Other publications deal with the effects and fate of pollutants and experimental techniques for such studies (see for example [44]). In addition, the effects of pollutants on marine organisms are periodically reviewed (for the last review in the series by Reish et al. see [45]). Similar periodic reviews are published for mixing and transport processes [46]. Toxicity data for marine fauna are also available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency database AQUIRE. Generally speaking, the sensitivity of marine fauna to chemicals varies widely, particularly among the crustaceans [47]. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has a database of toxicity and environmental effect data on Hazardous Substances Carried by Ships [48]. 

Insufficient mefliod and result documentation (USEPA database, AQUIRE). 

ASTER ASTER (Assessment Tools for the Evaluation of Risk) was developed in US EPA. It is a database of toxic effects AQUIRE (AQUatic toxicity Information Retrieval) integrated with an expert system QSAR and valuation techniques for activity prediction http //www.epa.gov/med/Prods Pubs/aster.htm... 

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