Cyst-based toxicity tests XIII - Development of a short chronic sediment toxicity test with the ostracod crustacean Heterocypris incongruents: Methodology and precision

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 528-532

  Chial, Belgis ^a   Persoone, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Culture maintenance free tests; Heterocypris incongruens; Microbiotests; Ostracods; Sediment tests; Small scale tests; Solid phase tests; Toxicity tests

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENTS;

OSTRACOD;

TOXICITY;

FRESH WATER;

CRUSTACEAN; CYST; METHODOLOGY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH INHIBITION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRUSTACEA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AZTECA; CRUSTACEA; HETEROCYPRIS; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; HYALELLA AZTECA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0036904617     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.10086     Document Type: Article

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