Aquatic toxicity tests for the control of effluent discharges in the UK - The influence of test precision

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-168

  Whitehouse, Paul ^a   Crane, Mark ^b   Redshaw, C John ^c   Turner, Craig ^d  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Clyde River Purification Board   (United Kingdom)

^d National Rivers Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Compliance monitoring; Concentration response test; Consent; Effluent; Limit test; Precision

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; RIVER WATER;

ACCURACY; ALGA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; COMPLIANCE MONITORING; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; TEST PRECISION; TOXICITY TEST;

UK;

EID: 0029659926     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00116337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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