The development of toxicity tests for freshwater pollutants and their validation in stream and pond mesocosms

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2323-2329

  Pascoe, D ^c   Wenzel, A ^a   Janssen, C ^d   Girling, A E ^e   Juttner I ^b   Fliedner, A ^a   Blockwell, S J ^c,f   Maund, S J ^c,f   Taylor, E J ^c   Diedrich, M ^a   Persoone, G ^d   Verhelst, P ^d   Stephenson, R R ^e   Crossland, N O ^e   Mitchell, G C ^e   Pearson, N ^e   Tattersfield, L ^e,f   Lay, J P ^b   Peither, A ^b   Neumeier, B ^b   Velletti, A R ^b   more..

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Shell Research Limited   (United Kingdom)

^f JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial ponds; Artificial steams; Multi species tests; Single species tests; Toxicity tests; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL WASTES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; PROTOZOA; TOXICITY;

FRESHWATER; MESOCOSMS; PONDS; STREAM;

WATER POLLUTION;

3,4 DICHLOROANILINE; ATRAZINE; COPPER SULFATE; LINDANE;

BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MESOCOSM; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ECOSYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LAW; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034064483     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00400-5     Document Type: Article

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