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- Title
Ejercicio interlaboratorio de bioensayos marinos para la evaluación de la calidad ambiental de sedimentos costeros. IV. Ensayo de toxicidad sobre sedimento con crustáceos anfípodos.
- Authors
Casado-Martínez, M. C.; Beiras, R.; Belzunce, M. J.; González-Castromil, M. A.; Marín-Guirao, L.; Postma, J. F.; Riba, I.; DelValls, T. A.
- Abstract
Interlaboratory variability was studied for the bioassay using crustacean amphipods. Nine series of data were obtained from different laboratories using four different species (Ampelisca brevicornis, Corophium volutator, Corophium multisetosum and Microdeutopus gryllotalpa), all previously used for sediment toxicity assessment in Spain. Results were studied for interlaboratory variability and according to different confounding factors. The coefficients of variation were similar to those previously reported for this bioassay and sample classification was homogeneous among the laboratories that succesfully completed the exercise. No significant tendencies related to test species were identified and it seems that the factor most critically affecting test results and the classification of samples is storage time before testing.
- Subjects
SPAIN; BIOLOGICAL assay; AMPHIPODA; SHELLFISH fisheries; TOXICITY testing; WATER quality bioassay; AQUATIC resources; AQUATIC ecology; FISHERIES
- Publication
Ciencias Marinas, 2006, Vol 32, Issue 1B, p149
- ISSN
0185-3880
- Publication type
Article