An Evaluation of Cladocera as a Bioassay Organism.

Abstract

The literature review of Cladocera, with special emphasis on Daphnia, was conducted to assess their use in aquatic pollution research and new methods to measure the effects of pollution on the aquatic ecosystem. A discussion on life cycle, metabolism cyclomorphosis, filtering rate, culture techniques, toxicity, and taxonomy is included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA049145

Entities

People

  • Annie Moorehead
  • Claude L. Scott

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Animals
  • Cells
  • Civil Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Crustaceans
  • Culture Techniques
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Health
  • Fish
  • Genetics
  • Health Services
  • Insecticides
  • Literature Surveys
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Systems Analysis and Design