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Chromadorina germanica

[ref. ID; 1759]

Test system

Estuarine Sediments Bioassay

Strains

From Towd Point, Southampton, New York.

Toxicants

Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH), Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn

Temperature

25 degrees C

Test design

Test sediment (Sediments of Hudson-Raritan estuarine area) + filtered southampton sea water + Gerber's Pablum (substrate for bacteria).

Measurements/observations

Intrinsic rate of natural increase.