Establishment of quality assurance procedures for aquatic toxicity testing with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1333, Issue , 1998, Pages 45-59

  Freeman, Mark N ^a   Marse, Todd J ^a   Williams, Phillip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic toxicity; Cadmium; Caenorhabditis elegans; Copper; Reference toxicant

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STANDARDS; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC TOXICITY TESTING; LABORATORY CONTROL CHART; NEMATODE; REFERENCE TOXICANT; VARIATION COEFFICIENT;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 0032046439     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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