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Dr. Kurt Pontasch

Biology
University of Northern Iowa
United States of America

Professor Agri and Aquaculture
Biography

Dr. Kurt Pontasch has received his PhD in Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the period of 1998 currently, she is working as Associate Professor in University of Northern Iowa 

Research Intrest

Ecotoxicology, Interests include the fate and effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems, including stream microcosm toxicity tests using naturally occurring macro invertebrate and periphyton communities, in stream bio assessments of benthic community integrity, and the use of aquatic insect cholinesterase activities as potential biomarkers of organophosphorus pesticide contamination in streams. 

List of Publications
Smith EP, Pontasch KW, Cairns J. Community similarity and the analysis of multispecies environmental data: a unified statistical approach. Water Research (1990). 24(4):507-514.
Pontasch KW, Cairns J. Multispecies toxicity tests using indigenous organisms: predicting the effects of complex effluents in streams. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. (1991). 20:103-112.
Breneman DH, Pontasch KW. Stream microcosm toxicity tests: predicting the effects of fenvalerate on riffle insect communities. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. (1994). 13(3):381-387.
Pontasch KW. The Use of Stream Microcosms in Multispecies Testing. In: (J. Cairns, Jr. and B. R. Niederlehner eds.) Ecological Toxicity Testing: Scale, Complexity, and Relevance. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea MI, (1995) pp. 169-191.

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