A standardisation of Ciona intestinalis (Chordata, Ascidiacea) embryo-larval bioassay for ecotoxicological studies

Water Research

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 4613-4622

  Bellas, Juan ^a,b   Beiras, Ricardo ^a   Vázquez, Elsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Kristinebreg Marine Research Station   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona intestinalis; Ecotoxicology; Embryo larval bioassay; Marine pollution monitoring; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

MARINE POLLUTION ASSESSMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

SEA WATER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEA POLLUTION; SEA URCHIN; SPERM; STANDARDIZATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BIVALVIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0142106428     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00396-8     Document Type: Article

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