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| Provedor de dados: |
OMA
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| País: |
Belgium
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| Título: |
<i>Artemia</i> in aquatic toxicology: a review
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| Autores: |
Persoone, G.
Wells, P.G.
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| Data: |
1987
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| Ano: |
1987
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| Palavras-chave: |
Artemia
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| Resumo: |
Due to commercial availability of dried cysts from which live test material can be hatched at will, <i>Artemia</i> is used extensively in research and applied toxicology.Despite the extensive literature on dose-effect relationships of chemicals on brine shrimp, it was not until 1980 that an experimental protocol was developed for a simple acute toxicity test with <i>Artemia</i> nauplii, meeting the prerequisites for standardization.The reliability and accuracy of this short-term test were determined during an intercalibration exercise involving 80 laboratories and were found to be quite satisfactory. Consequently, the so-called ARC-test, which is one of the very few standardized marine toxicity tests, is now used routinely at the international level. Recent research on the use of the <i>Artemia</i> in ecotoxicology has focused on the development of testing procedures and screening bioassays with sublethal responses. The medical, drug, and food sectors seem to use <i>Artemia</i> assays as frequently as laboratories investigating environmental concerns. Toxicity tests with brine shrimp have a significant potential in QSAR research because of their simplicity, rapidity, and cost-effectiveness. <i>Artemia</i> tests have also a good predictive potential as alternatives for other crustacean test species.This review postulates the future role of <i>Artemia</i> tests in aquatic toxicology to be that of a reference or quality control in rapid screening tests, as much as that of a predictor of chemical effects on species in marine environments.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=3200
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| Fonte: |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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