Toxicity of selected pharmaceuticals to the anostracan crustacean Thamnocephalus platyurus: Comparison of sublethal and lethal effect levels with the 1h Rapidtoxkit and the 24h Thamnotoxkit microbiotests

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-27

  Nałçcz Jawecki, Grzegorz ^a   Persoone, Guido ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost effective tests; Drugs in the environment; Microbiotests; Pharmaceuticals; Rapid tests; Rapidtoxkit; Thamnocephalus platyurus; Thamnotoxkit; Toxkits

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL; ANOSTRACA; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; LARVA; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANOSTRACA; COLOR; EATING; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROSPHERES; TOXICOLOGY;

CRUSTACEA; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS;

EID: 29344475424     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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