作者: Azizullah Azizullah , Donat-P. Häder
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811861-0.00017-6
关键词:
摘要: Abstract Bioassays are common alternatives to chemical analysis for assessing toxicity and detecting potential pollutants in aquatic ecosystems. A large number of bioassays use this purpose many them commercially available on the market. Mostly these not restricted specific groups toxins or but rather respond heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, toxic substances, pesticides, other toxicants—however with different sensitivity chemicals. Sensitivity, response time, cost major factors choosing a bioassay. This chapter focuses comparison most used ecotoxicology terms their sensitivity, cost, time.