Toxicity assessment of water samples from rivers in central Poland using a battery of microbiotests - A pilot study

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-89

  Kaza, Michal ^a   Mankiewicz Boczek, J ^b   Izydorczyk, K ^b   Sawicki, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Battery of tests; Environmental samples; Microbiotest; River water; Sensitivity of species

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LEMNA; LEMNA MINOR; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33847276622     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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