Assessment of whole effluent toxicity test variability: Partitioning sources of variability

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-104

  Warren Hicks, William J ^a   Parkhurst, Benjamin R ^b   Moore, Dwayne R J ^c   Teed, R Scott ^c   Baird, Rodger B ^d   Berger, Robert ^e   Denton, Debra L ^f   Pletl, James J ^g  

^a Cadmus Group   (United States)

^b Cadmus Group Inc   (United States)

^c Cadmus Group   (Canada)

^d Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County   (United States)

^e EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory variability; Intralaboratory variability; Reference toxicant; Regression analysis; Whole effluent toxicity test

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

EFFLUENT; TOXICITY TEST;

CALCULATION; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0033989797     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190111     Document Type: Review

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