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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Prorocentrum micans

[ref. ID; 4185]

Test system

24-hr acute toxicity & 16 days clonic toxicity

Strains

From Botany School of the University of Cambridge, axenic culture.

Toxicants

Parathion.

Test design/concentrations

One-liter Pyrex glass conical flask (medium: sterile Erdschreiber's medium) x 6 concentrations (0, 0.1, 1, 10, 100, 1000 mg/l), 2000 lux constantly. Temperature 18 degrees C.

Measurements/observations

Mortility, Chlorophyll contents.

Evaluations

LC50.

[ref. ID; 4417]

Test system

Strains

From Botany School, Cambridge.

Toxicants/concentrations

CdCl2. Cd+2 (5, 20, 60, and 100 ug/l).

Temperature

18 degrees C.

Measurements/observations

Number of cells.