A Daphnia magna first-brood chronic test: An alternative to the conventional 21-day chronic bioassay?

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Guilhermino, Lúcia ^a   Sobral, Olímpia ^b   Chastinet, Carla ^b   Ribeiro, Rui ^b   Gonçalves, Fernando ^b   Silva, M Carolina ^a   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; First brood test; Logistic model; No observed effect concentration; Sublethal toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; PARATHION; SODIUM BROMIDE;

BIOASSAY; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0032940120     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1730     Document Type: Article

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