Analysis of the ECETOC Aquatic Toxicity (EAT) database. V - The relevance of Daphnia magna as a representative test species

Chemosphere

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-166

  Mark, Ute ^a   Solbé, John ^b,c  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute; Aquatic toxicity; Chronic; Comparative toxicology; Daphnia

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; COPPER; ENDOSULFAN; LINDANE; PARATHION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DATABASE; ECETOC; TEST SPECIES; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; DATA BASE; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; TOXICITY TESTING;

CLADOCERA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; PULEX;

EID: 0031986434     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)10027-3     Document Type: Article

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