The use of direct toxicity assessment in the assessment and control of complex effluents in the UK: A demonstration programme

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-436

  Tinsley, Derek ^a   Wharfe, Jim ^a   Campbell, David ^b   Chown, Phillip ^c   Taylor, David ^d   Upton, John ^e   Taylor, Colin ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Sunbury Thames Middx TW16 7LN UK ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^e SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

^f British Energy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioassays; Demonstration Programme; Direct Toxicity Assessment; effluent ecotoxicity

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

BIOASSAY; DECISION MAKING; DILUTION; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTUARY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242890955     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000035293.45360.f6     Document Type: Review

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