2016 Volume 20 Issue 5 Pages 681-690
In ecological systems, living organisms are surrounded by a number of chemicals, among which certain portion may be toxic to organisms. Therefore, from the environment-centric point of view, importance of accurate eco-toxicological analyses is increasing day-by-day. Eco-toxicity responses in animals and other organisms against chemicals can be scored by several parameters such as median lethal concentration (LC50) and median lethal dose (LD50), for examples. In the present study, we attempted to perform simulations of eco-toxicological nature of given chemicals based on limited data size (showing apparently incomplete curves of toxicity response) through model experiments performed with green paramecia (Paramecium bursaria) exposed to toxic metal ions, by using practically re-arranged logistic equation and Hill-type equations with an aid by graphical elucidation of Gauss-Newton algorithm determining the constants and/or coefficients.
This article cannot obtain the latest cited-by information.