Toxicity assessment of reference and natural freshwater sediments with the LuminoTox assay

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Dellamatrice, P M ^a   Monteiro, R T R ^a   Blaise, C ^b   Slabbert, J L ^c   Gagne F ^b   Alleau, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater sediments; LuminoTox; Photosynthetic enzyme complexes; Sediment grain size; Solid phase assay; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER SEDIMENTS; LUMINOTOX; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENZYME COMPLEXES; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SOLID PHASE ASSAYS;

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMPURITIES; TOXICITY;

SEDIMENTS;

KAOLIN;

BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; BIOASSAY; BIOSENSOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINOTOX ASSAY; MICROTOX SOLID PHASE ASSAY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33746718111     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20186     Document Type: Conference Paper

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