Evaluation of Daphnia similis as a test species in ecotoxicological assays

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 878-882

  Buratini, S V ^a   Bertoletti, E ^a   Zagatto, P A ^b  

^a Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^b Bioagri Laboratories Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; DETERGENT; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; HERBICIDE; LEAD ACETATE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SIMILIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; LETHAL DOSE 50; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SIMILIS;

EID: 11144265731     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0508-8     Document Type: Article

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