Field assessments in conjunction with whole effluent toxicity testing

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-24

  La Point, Thomas W ^a   Waller, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Instream response; Lab to field correspondence; Whole effluent toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; EFFLUENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; TOXICITY TEST;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0033988174     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190103     Document Type: Review

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