Evaluation of effluent toxicity and ambient toxicity in a polluted lowland river

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-341

  Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Baillieul, Marc ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   Verheyen, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Ecotoxicity; Industrial effluent; Reproduction; Toxic units

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; LEAD CHLORIDE; RIVER WATER; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DILUTION; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AMBIENT TOXICITY; DAPHNIA; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; RIVER WATER QUALITY;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0029667573     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(96)80915-8     Document Type: Article

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