Comparative whole effluent toxicity assessment of wastewater treatment plant effluents using Daphnia magna

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-200

  Ra, Jin Sung ^a   Lee, Byoung Cheun ^a   Chang, Nam Ik ^b   Kim, Sang Don ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Youngsan River Environmental Research Laboratory   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Daphnia magna; Whole effluent toxicity (WET)

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA MAGNA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MIXTURE EFFECTS; NON-TOXIC RESPONSE; SPECIES SENSITIVITY; WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY (WET);

BIOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LETHAL DOSE 50; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 40949165310     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9344-y     Document Type: Article

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