Fast examination of water quality using the automatic biotest ECOTOX based on the movement behavior of a freshwater flagellate

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 426-432

  Tahedl, Harald ^a   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated biomonitoring; Euglena gracilis; Image analysis system; Seepage water; Toxicity; Water pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CELLS; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEEPAGE; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AUTOMATED BIOMONITORING;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

FRESHWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT; EUGLENA GRACILIS; FLAGELLATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0345726030     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00224-3     Document Type: Article

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