An inexpensive bioassay aimed at the agricultural disposal of waste waters

✍ Scribed by S. Prát; V. Sládeček

• Book ID: 104620770
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1964
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 340 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5141
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00043732

✦ Synopsis

The published data on the toxicity of certain chemical poisons and different industrial waste waters reveal that there is considerable variation in the effect of these pollutants . The aquatic organisms applied in the bioassays differ greatly in their susceptibility to toxic substances . A large series of different organisms was applied with success to determine the tolerance limits for individual substances and their mixtures . The advantages of the bioassays are commonly known and efforts are made for the standardization of the procedures . The most frequently used test organisms are fishes (e .g. DOUDOROFF