Bio-toxicological assays to test water and sediment quality

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Grande, Rossella ^a   Di Pietro, Stefania ^a,b   Di Campli, Emanuela ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Soraya ^a   Filareto, Barbara ^b   Cellini, Luigina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity test; Algal growth inhibitory test; Bio toxicological assay; Bioluminescent bacteria; Dunaliella tertiolecta; Hormesi; Microorganism indicators; Pollution; Seawater; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; EFFLUENTS; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY TEST; ALGAL GROWTH INHIBITORY TESTS; BIO-TOXICOLOGICAL ASSAYS; MICROORGANISM INDICATORS;

BIOASSAY;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FECES; HORMESIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; SEAWATER; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33845314022     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520601015446     Document Type: Article

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