Freshwater Fish

Handbook of Ecotoxicology

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2009, Pages 66-82

  De L G Solbe J F ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lethal toxicity; Choice of exposure period and end point; Ecotoxicological studies using freshwater fish; EPA fish bioconcentration test; Freshwater fish; Freshwater fishes and ecotoxicological importance; Legal tests; River monitoring tests; Screening tests defined by EIFAC; Water quality criteria tests

Indexed keywords

TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCONCENTRATION TESTS; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; END POINTS; FRESHWATER FISHES; RIVER MONITORING; SCREENING TESTS; WATER QUALITY CRITERIA;

FISH;

EID: 0001811833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313512.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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