Fractal analysis of Daphnia motion for acute toxicity bioassay

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Shimizu, Nobuaki ^a   Ogino, Chiaki ^a   Kawanishi, Takuya ^a   Hayashi, Yoshishige ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Daphnia magna; Fractal dimension; Motion analysis; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FRACTALS; PESTICIDES; TRAJECTORIES;

DAPHNIA MOTION;

TOXICITY;

CARBAMIC ACID; COPPER SULFATE; DICHLORVOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PROPOXUR; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TOXICITY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOASSAY; BODY MOVEMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TIME; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DAPHNIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SWIMMING; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0036402568     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10077     Document Type: Article

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