Progress in an ecotoxicological standard protocol with protozoa: Results from a pilot ringtest with Tetrahymena pyriformis

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1023-1041

  Larsen, Jørgen ^a   Schultz, T W ^b   Rasmussen, Leif ^c   Hooftman, Ria ^d   Pauli, Wilfried ^e  

^a DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

GROWTH INHIBITION TEST; PILOT RING TEST; PROTOZOA; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; TETRAHYMENA; TOXICITY TESTING;

1-OCTANOL; 2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CELL DIVISION; CHLOROPHENOLS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; SOLVENTS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOBIOTICS;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 0030825111     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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