The chironomid acute toxicity test: Development of a new test system

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-307

  Weltje, Lennart ^a   Rufli, Hans ^b   Heimbach, Fred ^c   Wheeler, James ^d   Vervliet Scheebaum, Marco ^e   Hamer, Michael ^d  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b Ecotoxsolutions   (Switzerland)

^c BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Aquatic; Chironomus; Invertebrates; New guidelines

Indexed keywords

3,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 3,5-DICHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOL; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHIRONOMIDAE; DRUG EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDIMENT; STANDARD; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPHENOLS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; INSECTICIDES; INTERNATIONALITY; LARVA; LINDANE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954671622     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM.2009-069.1     Document Type: Article

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