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Bioaccumulation and Aquatic System Simulator (BASS) User's Manual Beta Test Version 2.1. EPA/600/R-01/035

Barber, M.C. 2001. Bioaccumulation and Aquatic System Simulator (BASS) User's Manual Beta Test Version 2.1. EPA/600/R-01/035  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Athens, GA.

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  • Bioaccumulation and Aquatic System Simulator ( BASS ) User's Manual Beta Test Version 2.1 (PDF)(155 pp, 5 MB, April 2001, 600/R-01/035)
    T his report describes the theoretical development, parameterization, and application software of a generalized, community-based, bioaccumulation model called BASS (Bioaccumulation and Aquatic System Simulator). This model is designed to predict the population and bioaccumulation dynamics of age-structured fish communities that are exposed to hydrophobic organic chemicals and class B and borderline metals that complex with sulfhydryl groups.