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Microcosm Manual for Environmental Impact Risk Assessment

From Chemicals to Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)

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  • © 2020

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Editors:
  1. Yuhei Inamori

    1. Foundation for Advancement of International Science, Tsukuba, Japan

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  • Comprehensively introduces readers to N-system microcosms
  • Demonstrates how N-system microcosms can be used as a stable and highly reliable method for aquatic ecosystem risk assessment
  • Promotes the standardization of the microbial ecosystem, allowing it to be used as model ecosystem testing method for multiple-species testing

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Introduction

    • Yuhei Inamori, Ryuhei Inamori
    Pages 1-10

  3. Standardization of the Microcosm N-System

    • Kazuhito Murakami, Yuhei Inamori, Kaiqin Xu
    Pages 11-17

  4. Maintenance of the Microcosm N-System

    • Ken-ichi Shibata, Kunihiko Kakazu, Kakeru Ruike, Kazuhito Murakami, Rie Suzuki
    Pages 19-29

  5. Preparation of the Microcosm N-System

    • Ken-ichi Shibata, Kunihiko Kakazu, Kakeru Ruike, Kazuhito Murakami
    Pages 31-37

  6. Procedure for Using the Microcosm N-System

    • Ken-ichi Shibata, Kunihiko Kakazu, Kakeru Ruike, Kazuhito Murakami
    Pages 39-43

  7. Estimation Using the Microcosm N-System

    • Kunihiko Kakazu, Kakeru Ruike, Ken-ichi Shibata, Kazuhito Murakami
    Pages 45-68

  8. Example Assessments of the Microcosm N-System

    • Kazuhito Murakami, Kunihiko Kakazu, Kakeru Ruike, Ken-ichi Shibata
    Pages 69-158

  9. Coefficient of Assessment for the Microcosm System

    • Kunihiko Kakazu, Kakeru Ruike, Kazuhito Murakami
    Pages 159-166

  10. Application to the Whole Effluent Toxicity Test

    • Yuhei Inamori, Ryuhei Inamori, Kazuhito Murakami, Yuzuru Kimochi
    Pages 167-185

  11. A Scaled-Up Model Ecosystem Verification of the Microcosm N-System

    • Yuhei Inamori, Ryuhei Inamori, Yuzuru Kimochi
    Pages 187-193

  12. A Subsystem Microcosm Verification of the Microcosm N-System

    • Yuhei Inamori, Ryuhei Inamori, Kazuhito Murakami
    Pages 195-201

  13. Further Perspectives

    • Ryuhei Inamori, Yuhei Inamori, Kazuhito Murakami, Kaiqin Xu
    Pages 203-213

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 215-237
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About this book

This book offers a comprehensive guide to microcosms (N-systems) in multiple-species testing and aquatic ecosystem risk assessment. It provides standardized methods for creating the microbial ecosystem, and proposes a standardized microcosm system for environmental impact risk assessments. The book will be of interest to students and educators, researchers, government authorities, developers and manufacturers engaged in ecosystem preservation, water quality management personnel at sewage treatment or industrial effluent treatment facilities, and anyone involved in education, management and analysis evaluation for environmental standards and waste water quality standards.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Foundation for Advancement of International Science, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yuhei Inamori

About the editor

Yuhei INAMORI Born in Kagoshima, Japan, in 1947, Dr. Inamori received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering from Kogoshima University in 1971 and 1973, and his Ph.D. in Biology from Tohoku University in 1979. He joined the Meidensha Co. Ltd. in 1973, became a senior researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in 1980, and became a professor at Fukushima University in 2007. He has been in his current position since 2014, and his current research interests include water and waste treatment technologies, bio-eco engineering, energy-saving technologies, and integrated watershed management. Dr. Inamori has also served as President of the Japanese Society of Water Treatment Biology (2013–2015) and has received many excellent paper awards from institutions like the Japan Society on Water Environment. He was also selected for the Friendship Award of the Chinese Government in 2009, the Minister’s Prize, and the Ministry of Environment Prize in 2013.

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