Effect of declining toxicant concentrations on algal bioassay endpoints

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2073-2079

  Simpson, Stuart L ^a   Roland, Marie G E ^b   Stauber, Jenny L ^a   Batley, Graeme E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae; Declining concentrations; Modeling; Toxicity testing; Waters

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOASSAY; COPPER; DEGRADATION; SORPTION; TOXICITY; VAPORIZATION;

TOXICITY TESTING;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

COPPER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEGRADATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; VOLATILIZATION;

ALGAE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COPPER; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ALGAE;

EID: 0242319040     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-418     Document Type: Article

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