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New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring

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ISBN-10: 0306464063

ISBN-13: 9780306464065

Edition: 2000

Authors: Guido Persoone, Colin Janssen, Wim De Coen

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This special volume is the output of the `International Symposium on New Microbiotests for Routine Toxicity Screening and Biomonitoring - Development - Applications - Cost-effectiveness' which was organized in June 1998 in Brno, Czech Republic. It comprises 60 original and peer-reviewed papers selected from over 100 oral and poster presentations given during this meeting by scientists from many countries worldwide. Features: Latest overview and state of the art of microscale bioassays with special emphasis on their application in various domains of environmental contamination; Reviews on toxicity testing with microbiotests in a regulatory framework; Description and application of…    
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List price: $169.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 5/31/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 550
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 4.730
Language: English

Canadian application of microbiotests to assess the toxic potential of complex liquid and solid media
Biomarker applications in ecotoxicology: Bridging the gap between toxicology and ecology
A brief review and critical evaluation of the status of microbiotests
The use of a battery of microbiotests as a tool for integrated pollution control: evaluation and perspectives in Cyprus
Development and application of microbioassays for routine testing and biomonitoring in Argentina, Chile and Colombia
From microbiotest to decision support system: an assessment framework for surface water toxicity
Criteria-based procedure for selecting test methods for effluent testing and its application to Toxkit microbiotests
Selection of a battery of microbiotests for various purposes - the Czech experience
Evaluation of Toxkits as methods for monitoring water quality in New Zealand
Toxicity testing in Japan and the use of Toxkit microbiotests
Application of the PAM fluorometric method for determination of copper toxicity to microalgae and duckweed
A new flash assay for measuring the toxicity of solid and colored samples
The use of Daphnia magna neonates hatched from ephippia for toxicity testing
Controlled storage and hatching of eggs of the annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri for toxicity testing
Influence of storage conditions of the eggs of the annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri on the sensitivity of the larvae to toxic stress
A new Toxkit microbiotest with the protozoan ciliate Tetrahymena
Plant thylakoid membranes and protoplasts as biological units for detection of phytotoxic compounds in water, air, soil and compost
The distribution of endpoint chronic values for freshwater rotifers
Characterisation of lyophilised thylakoids as a biological tool to detect herbicides
Use of bacterial tests (the VITOTOX genotoxicity test and the BIOMET heavy metal test) to analyze chemicals and environmental samples
Luminescence-based biosensors for the detection of metal bioavailability
Comparison of the sensitivity of aquatic test species for toxicity evaluation of various environmental samples
The use of microbiotests for assessing the influence of the dilution medium quality on the acute toxicity of chemicals and effluents
Comparison of Ukrainian standard methods and new microbiotests for water toxicity assessment
Acute toxicity of nine pesticides as determined with conventional assays and alternative microbiotests
Sensitivity comparison of the ISO Daphnia and algal test procedures with Toxkit microbiotests
Sensitivity comparison of the conventional acute Daphnia magna immobilization test with the Daphtoxkit F microbiotest for household products
Suitability of microscale ecotoxicity tests for environmental monitoring
Comparison of the conventional algal assay and the Algaltoxkit F microbiotest for toxicity evaluation of sediment pore waters
Shifting from the conventional ISO 8692 algal growth inhibition test to the Algaltoxkit F microbiotest?
Toxicity assessment of chemicals using conventional acute Daphnia magna tests, Toxkits and Fluotox microbiotests
Assessing the quality of natural waters in Magnesia prefecture in Greece using Toxkits
Toxicity screening of surface waters in southern Italy with Toxkit microbiotests
Toxicity monitoring of the Scheldt and Meuse rivers in Wallonia (Belgium) by conventional tests and microbiotests
Toxicity screening of novel pulp mill wastewaters in Finnish pulp mills
Toxicity of waste dump leachates and sugar factory effluents and their impact on groundwater and surface water quality in the Opole Province in Poland
Application of Toxkit microbiotests for toxicity evaluation of river waters and waste waters in the region of Warsaw in Poland
Assessment of the toxicity and genotoxicity of wastewaters treated in a municipal plant
Toxicity monitoring of waste waters from tanneries with microbiotests
Industrial waste leachates: toxicity detection with microbiotests and biochemical tests
Microbiotests for the evaluation of the pollution from the oil shale industry
Toxicity studies of treated residual wastes in Austria using different types of conventional assays and cost-effective microbiotests
Toxicity testing of solidified waste leachates with microbiotests
Microbiotests for the toxicity assessment of various types of water samples
Comparison of chemical composition and toxicity of wastewaters from pulp industry
Hazard assessment of industrial waste leachability : chemical characterization and biotesting by routine effluent tests
Toxicity determination of the sediments of the river Seine in France by application of a battery of microbiotests
Microbiotests for contaminated soils and sediments : interpreting the data
Selection of bioassays for sediment toxicity screening
The toxicity identification of inorganic toxicants in real world samples
Assessing the impact of atmospheric wet and dry deposition using chemical and toxicological analysis
Toxicity of snow cover for the assessment of air pollution as determined with microbiotests
Toxicity determination of zinc and cadmium (single and in combination) with a battery of Toxkit microbiotests
Using Toxkits for calculating interactive effects of chemicals
Laboratory studies with microbiotests to evaluate the acute toxicity to aquatic biota of herbicides used in Portuguese paddy fields
Development of a miniaturized Salmonella typhimurium reversion test with kinetic data acquisition
Genotoxicity monitoring of environmental samples in Tatarstan, Russia
Microbiotests for cyanobacterial toxins screening
The toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms as determined by microbiotests and mouse assays
The potential of the Thamnotoxkit microbiotest for routine detection of cyanobacterial toxins
Subject Index - Listing per major subject classes
Subject Index - Alphabetical listing