Microscale testing in aquatic toxicology
Subtitle: advances, techniques, and practice
By: edited by Peter G. Wells, Kenneth Lee, Christian Blaise ; with the assistance of Johanne Gauthier.
Contributors: Wells, P. G.; Lee, Kenneth, 1953-; Blaise, Christian.; Gauthier, Johanne, 1961-
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 679
Subjects: Water quality bioassay
Description: This special volume is the result of several years of collaboration between Environment Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Provides an overview of small-scale bioassay techniques and applications in use around the world; covers methods with a wide range of species, from bacteria to fish and amphibians, and emphasizes current, state-of-the-art, biochemical, whole-organism and automated techniques; presents the combined knowledge of internationally recognized research scientists at many institutions in universities, government, and industry; and 44 chapters cover relevant principles, new techniques and recent advancements, and applications in scientific research, environmental management, academia, and the private sector.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.