Test system stability and natural variability of a Lemna Gibba L bioassay

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Scherr, Claudia ^a,b   Simon, Meinhard ^c   Spranger, Jörg ^a   Baumgartner, Stephan ^b,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^b Society for Cancer Research   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL PLANT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GROWTH CHAMBER; GROWTH RATE; HUMIDITY; LEMNA GIBBA; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; TEMPERATURE; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDITY; ANGIOSPERM; ARACEAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CELL CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; TIME;

LEMNA; LEMNA GIBBA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARACEAE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52349091800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003133     Document Type: Article

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