Slabbert, JLVenter, EA2007-03-142007-06-072007-03-142007-06-071999-10Slabbert, JL and Venter, EA. 1999. Biological assays for aquatic toxicity testing. Water Science and Technology, pp 367-3730273-1223http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1909http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1909A number of aquatic toxicity tests have been established for South African use, which include fish and Daphnia lethality tests, microbiotests, and short-term chronic tests. Studies on effluents and surface waters showed that all the tests have a viable role to play in water quality management. The most advantageous use of the tests is in battery form, so that tests can complement each other. The fish and Daphnia lethality tests, and algal growth inhibition tests are recommended for regulatory and management purposes of effluents. If receiving water is used for drinking water purposes, the Ames Salmonella mutagenicity and toad embryo teratogenicity tests should be included in the battery of tests. Some of the rapid microbiotests, the petrozoan oxygen uptake tests, bacterial growth test and enzyme tests, could be valuable screening tools to identify and categorize toxic effluents.421057 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 1999 Pergamon-Elsevier Science LtdBiological assaysEffluentsSurface waterToxicity testsArticleSlabbert, J., & Venter, E. (1999). Biological assays for aquatic toxicity testing. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1909Slabbert, JL, and EA Venter "Biological assays for aquatic toxicity testing." (1999) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1909Slabbert J, Venter E. Biological assays for aquatic toxicity testing. 1999; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1909.TY - Article AU - Slabbert, JL AU - Venter, EA AB - A number of aquatic toxicity tests have been established for South African use, which include fish and Daphnia lethality tests, microbiotests, and short-term chronic tests. Studies on effluents and surface waters showed that all the tests have a viable role to play in water quality management. The most advantageous use of the tests is in battery form, so that tests can complement each other. The fish and Daphnia lethality tests, and algal growth inhibition tests are recommended for regulatory and management purposes of effluents. If receiving water is used for drinking water purposes, the Ames Salmonella mutagenicity and toad embryo teratogenicity tests should be included in the battery of tests. Some of the rapid microbiotests, the petrozoan oxygen uptake tests, bacterial growth test and enzyme tests, could be valuable screening tools to identify and categorize toxic effluents. DA - 1999-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Biological assays KW - Effluents KW - Surface water KW - Toxicity tests LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1999 SM - 0273-1223 T1 - Biological assays for aquatic toxicity testing TI - Biological assays for aquatic toxicity testing UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1909 ER -