Improvement of the Caenorhabditis elegans growth and reproduction test to assess the ecotoxicity of soils and complex matrices

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2100-2108

  Huguier, Pierre ^a   Manier, Nicolas ^a   Méline, Camille ^a   Bauda, Pascale ^b   Pandard, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b Nancy University   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Complex matrix; Protocol; Reference chemical; Soil

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPLEX MATRICES; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT MANNERS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; SOIL TOXICITY TESTS; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

SOILS;

BORIC ACID; COPPER CHLORIDE; NICKEL SULFATE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXTRACTION; GROWTH RATE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; JUVENILE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTION; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECOTOXICITY; EXTRACTION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; TOXICITY TESTING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPLEX MATRIX; PROTOCOL; REFERENCE CHEMICAL; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84881023867     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2282     Document Type: Article

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