Tetrahymena spp. (Protista, Ciliophora) as test species in rapid multilevel ecotoxicity tests

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-280

  Gerhardt, Almut ^a,b   Ud Daula, Asad ^c   Schramm, Karl Werner ^c,d  

^a LimCo International   (Germany)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Biosensor; Biotest; Population growth; Risk assessment; Toxicity test

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 78649388870     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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