Toxicity testing of refinery wastewater using Microtox

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 456-463

  Aruldoss, J A ^a   Viraraghavan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIONACEAE; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CANADA; PETROLEUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

VIBRIONACEAE;

REFINERY; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER;

EID: 0031597521     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900647     Document Type: Article

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