Evaluating the Type II error rate in a sediment toxicity classification using the Reference Condition Approach

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-213

  Rodriguez, Pilar ^a   Maestre, Zuriñe ^a   Martinez Madrid, Maite ^a   Reynoldson, Trefor B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Probability ellipses; Reference condition; Sediment toxicity; Tubifex

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PROBABILITY; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RIVERS; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TOXICITY TESTS;

SPAIN;

ANNELIDA; CLITELLATA; TUBIFEX; TUBIFEX TUBIFEX;

EID: 78649962845     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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