Validation of a multi-well plate toxicity test to assess feeding behaviour of the cnidarian, Hydra attenuata

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 9 A, 2007, Pages 1100-1107

  Quinn, Brian ^a,b   Gagné, Francois ^a   Blaise, Christian ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Artemia salina; Cadmium chloride; Feeding; Hydra attenuata; Toxicity endpoints

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; COELENTERATA; HYDRA; HYDRA VULGARIS;

EID: 34848924392     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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