Determination of LC50 from Daphnia magna in treated industrial waste waters and non-treated hospital effluents

Environment International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-540

  Villegas Navarro, A ^a   Rodriguez Santiago M ^a   Ruiz Perez F ^a   Rodriguez Torres R ^a   Dieck Abularach, T ^a   Reyes, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL; LC 50; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; PH EFFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ZOOPLANKTONS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030841398     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(97)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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