Results of a technology demonstration project to compare rapid aquatic toxicity screening tests in the analysis of industrial effluents

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 855-865

  Daniel, M ^a   Sharpe, A ^a   Driver, J ^b   Knight, A W ^c   Keenan, P O ^c   Walmsley, M M ^c   Robinson, A ^d   Zhang, T ^e   Rawson, D ^e  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b Vickers Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Centronix Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d Eurodone Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACUTE TOXICITY; AMPEROMETRIC BIOSENSOR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTOXICITY; GREEN ALGA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; ANOSTRACA; DAPHNIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LETHAL DOSE 50; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS;

EID: 9644270357     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b408939a     Document Type: Article

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