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Review on the acuteDaphnia magnatoxicity test – Evaluation of the sensitivity and the precision of assays performed with organisms from laboratory cultures or hatched from dormant eggs

Guido Persoone, R. Baudo, Magda Cotman, Christian R. Blaise, K. Cl. Thompson, Matilde Moreira‐Santos, Bernard Vollat, Andrea Törökné, Taejun Han

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Executive summary : One of the most internationally used bioassays for toxicity screening of chemicals and for toxicity monitoring of effluents and contaminated waters is the acute toxicity test with daphnid crustaceans, and in particular that performed with Daphnia magna.

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Executive summary : One of the most internationally used bioassays for toxicity screening of chemicals and for toxicity monitoring of effluents and contaminated waters is the acute toxicity test with daphnid crustaceans, and in particular that performed with Daphnia magna.

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Executive summary : One of the most internationally used bioassays for toxicity screening of chemicals and for toxicity monitoring of effluents and contaminated waters is the acute toxicity test with daphnid crustaceans, and in particular that performed with Daphnia magna.

Key concepts: Daphnia magna, Bioassay, Toxicity, Daphnia, Cladocera, Biology, Acute toxicity, Branchiopoda

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