An empirical comparison of effective concentration estimators for evaluating aquatic toxicity test responses

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-150

  Bailer, A John ^a   Hughes, Michael R ^a   Denton, Debra L ^b   Oris, James T ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceriodaphnia dubia; Inhibition concentration estimation; Macrosystis pyrifera; Regression modeling; Relative inhibition estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC FLORA; CHRONIC TOXICITY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0033988520     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190117     Document Type: Review

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