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Regional models for sediment toxicity assessment.

L Jay Field¹, Susan B Norton

¹Office of Response and Restoration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

|December 6, 2013

Summary

Calibrating nationwide sediment toxicity models to regional data improves predictive performance. This approach is more efficient and effective than developing region-specific models for environmental risk assessment.

Keywords:

Logistic regression models Sediment Toxicity

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Area of Science:

Environmental chemistry
Ecotoxicology
Ecological modeling

Background:

Empirical models are crucial for predicting sediment toxicity from chemical data.
Nationwide datasets offer broad applicability but may lack regional specificity.
Regional models can improve accuracy but require extensive regional data.

Purpose of the Study:

To enhance the performance of empirical sediment toxicity models for regional applications.
To evaluate calibration strategies using nationwide and regional datasets.
To compare the effectiveness of calibrated nationwide models versus region-specific models.

Main Methods:

Developed four multiple chemical (PMax) models using diverse datasets and variables.
Applied nationwide and regional data for model development and calibration.
Tested model performance using an independent regional dataset.

Main Results:

Calibrated PMax models showed substantial performance improvement over uncalibrated nationwide models.
Model performance was enhanced by selecting optimal individual chemical models and excluding poor performers.
A PMax model using only nationwide data achieved performance nearly as good as models including regional data.

Conclusions:

Calibrating nationwide sediment toxicity models to regional data significantly improves predictive accuracy.
This calibration approach offers a more efficient and effective strategy than developing entirely new region-specific models.
Nationwide models, when calibrated, provide a robust foundation for regional sediment toxicity predictions.