Interlaboratory comparison of a standardized toxicity test using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (ISO 10872)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1525-1535

  Höss, Sebastian ^a   Ahlf, Wolfgang ^b   Bergtold, Matthias ^c   Bluebaum Gronau, Elke ^d   Brinke, Marvin ^e   Donnevert, Gerhild ^f   Menzel, Ralph ^g   Möhlenkamp, Christel ^d   Ratte, Hans Toni ^h   Traunspurger, Walter ^e   Danwitz, Brigitte von ⁱ   Pluta, Hans Jürgen ^j  

^a Ecossa   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ North Rhine Westphalia State Agency for Nature Environment and Consumer Protection   (Germany)

^j UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; ISO 10872; Ring test; Sediment toxicity test; Soil toxicity test

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ISO 10872; RING TEST; SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS; SOIL TOXICITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

SEDIMENTS;

CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; NEMATODE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY TEST;

ACCURACY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LABORATORIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84862540326     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1843     Document Type: Article

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