Measurement of movement patterns of Caenorhabditis elegans (Nematoda) with the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor® (MFB) - A potential new method to study a behavioral toxicity parameter of nematodes in sediments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 513-516

  Gerhardt, Almut ^a   Schmidt, Stefanie ^a   Höss, Sebastian ^b  

^a LimCo International   (Germany)

^b Ecossa (Ecological Sediment and Soil Assessment)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MOVEMENT PATTERNS;

TOXICITY;

AGAR; WATER;

BIOMONITORING; FRESHWATER; NEMATODE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOVEMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036887552     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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