The statistical power and biological information of two Daphnia juvenile production test designs

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1030-1035

  Sims, I ^a   Van Dijk, P ^a  

^a WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daphnia chronic toxicity; Data gathering; OECD test guidelines; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS; TOXICITY;

DAPHNIA CHRONIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA JUVENILE PRODUCTION TESTS; STATISTICAL POWER;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DAPHNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SPP.;

EID: 0030130702     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(95)00243-X     Document Type: Article

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