Use of CerioFAST(TM) for monitoring the toxicity of industrial effluents: Comparison with the 48-h acute Ceriodaphnia toxicity test and Microtox®

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2264-2267

  Jung, Keumhee ^a   Bitton, Gabriel ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceriodaphnia dubia; CerioFAST(TM); Industrial effluents; Microtox ; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

BIOMONITORING; CERIOFAST(TM); INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MICROTOX; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER;

CERIODAPHNIA; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CLADOCERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030818422     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2264:UOCFMT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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