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Main Title Principles of Toxicity Testing with Marine Unicellular Algae.
Author Walsh, G. E. ;
CORP Author Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL.
Publisher 1988
Year Published 1988
Report Number EPA/600/J-88/279 ;PUB-606;
Stock Number PB89-208599
Additional Subjects Aquatic microbiology ; Tests ; Phytoplankton ; Algae ; Toxicity ; Contaminants ; Reprints ;
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NTIS  PB89-208599 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Toxicity testing with unicellular algae requires application of the principles of phycology and microbiology to culturing, handling, and exposing the organisms. The brief review describes major aspects of algal toxicity testing, including growth curves, factors that influence population growth in culture (light, temperature, medium composition, pH, and salinity), choice of test species, measurement of population density, enumeration of living and dead cells, numerical expression of toxic effects, and bioaccumulation.