Suitability of high-hardness COMBO medium for ecotoxicity testing using algae, daphnids, and fish

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-296

  Baer, K N ^a   Ziegenfuss, M C ^b   Banks, S D ^a   Ling, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOTOXICITY; FISH; LC 50; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CULTURE MEDIA; CYPRINIDAE; DAPHNIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MINERALS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALGAE; DAPHNIIDAE;

EID: 0032818449     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900979     Document Type: Article

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