The determination of the hazards resulting from the accidental or deli berate contamination of terrestrial and aquatic environments is in most countries still lirnited to the detection and quantification of the suspected pollutants by chemical analyses. Such an approach is unfortunately hampered by the following constraints : the costs as weil as the technical difficulties of analyzing every individual chemical which may be present in the sampies, and the difficulty of assessing the hazards and risks of environmental contaminations from a set of chemical data. During the last decades the scientific and regulatory community has gradually realized that biological methodologies have to be taken into consideration for an ecologically meaningful assessment of the toxicological hazards of contaminants. Effect evaluations obtained with biological techniques indeed integrate the impact of all the contaminants to which living biota are exposed. Bioassays with selected test species representative for the biological commumtles of the environments under consideration, are now applied more or less regularly to determine toxic and genotoxic effects. Taking into account the species specific and chemical specific character of toxicity to biota, the necessity of a «battery of tests» approach with species of different trophic levels is currently also generally accepted and implemented. It is dear that a balanced partnership between chemical, biological, toxicological and microbiological analyses is always the best strategy for generating the broadest information base on environmental hazards.
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`This book is generally well produced and well illustrated. It contains a wealth fo material on microbiotests, and is a must for practioners in the field. More generally, it is a valuable reference work on the wide range of microbiotests currently being used, which will be of interest to scientists working in related fields.' Alternatives To Laboratory Animals, Vol.29 (Sept. 2000)
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Reviews On Toxicity Tests Canadian application of microbiotests to assess the toxic potential of complex liquid and solid media 3(10) C. Blaise Biomarker applications in ecotoxicology: bridging the gap between toxicology and ecology 13(14) W.M. De Coen C.R. Janssen J.P. Giesy A brief review and critical evaluation of the status of microbiotests 27(12) C.R. Janssen M. Vangheluwe P. Van Sprang The use of a battery of microbiotests as a tool for integrated pollution control: evaluation and perspectives in Cyprus 39(10) S. Canna-Michaelidou A.S. Nicolaou E. Neopfytou M. Christodoulidou Development and application of microbioassays for routine testing and biomonitoring in Argentina, Chile and Colombia 49(16) A.E. Ronco G. Castillo M.C. Diaz-Baez Toxicity Testing For Regulatory Purposes From microbiotest to decision support system: an assessment framework for surface water toxicity 65(8) F. Heinis J.M. Brils S.P. Klapwijk L.R.M. De Poorter Criteria-based procedure for selecting test methods for effluent testing and its application to Toxkit microbiotests 73(22) I. Johnson Selection of a battery of microbiotests for various purposes - the Czech experience 95(8) B. Marsalek R. Rojickova-Padrtova Evaluation of Toxkits as methods for monitoring water quality in New Zealand 103(20) J.G. Ruck M. Martin M. Mabon New Microbiotests And Specific Test Criteria Toxicity testing in Japan and the use of Toxkit microbiotests 123(12) I. Aoyama H. Okamura L. Rong Application of the PAM fluorometric method for determination of copper toxicity to microalgae and duckweed 135(6) A. El Berdey P. Juneau L. Pirastru R. Popovic A new flash assay for measuring the toxicity of solid and colored samples 141(4) J. Lappalainen R. Juvonen K. Vaajasaari M. Karp The use of Daphnia magna neonates hatched from ephippia for toxicity testing 145(10) M.M. Moreira dos Santos G. Persoone Controlled storage and hatching of eggs of the annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri for toxicity testing 155(8) L.T.H. Nguyen G. Persoone Influence of storage conditions of the eggs of the annual fish Nothobranchius guentheri on the sensitivity of the larvae to toxic stress 163(6) L.T.H. Nguyen G. Persoone A new Toxkit microbiotest with the protozoan ciliate Tetrahymena 169(8) W. Pauli S. Berger Plant thylakoid membranes and protoplasts as biological units for detection of phytotoxic compounds in water, air, soil and compost 177(8) H. Schnabl P. Helfrich S. Trapmann The distribution of endpoint chronic values for freshwater rotifers 185(6) T.W. Snell Characterisation of lyophilised thylakoids as a biological tool to detect herbicides 191(6) S. Trapmann K.H. Grobecker J. Pauwels H. Schnabl Use of bacterial tests (the VITOTOX® genotoxicity test and the BIOMET heavy metal test) to analyze chemicals and environmental samples 197(12) D. Van der Lelie L. Verschaeve L. Regniers P. Corbisier Luminescence-based biosensors for the detection of metal bioavailability 209(8) M. Virta J. Lappalainen S. Tauriainen M. Karp Sensitivity Comparisons Of Toxicity Tests Comparison of the sensitivity of aquatic test species for toxicity evaluation of various environmental samples 217(4) I. Blinova The use of microbiotests for assessing the influence of the dilution medium quality on the acute toxicity of chemicals and effluents 221(8) B. Clement Comparison of Ukrainian standard methods and new microbiotests for water toxicity assessment 229(4) S. Dyatlov Acute toxicity of nine pesticides as determined with conventional assays and alternative microbiotests 233(10) P. Fochtman Sensitivity comparison of the ISO Daphnia and algal test procedures with Toxkit microbiotests 243(4) V. Lucivjanska M. Lucivjanska V. Cizek Sensitivity comparison of the conventional acute Daphnia magna immobilization test with the Daphtoxkit F™ microbiotest for household products 247(6) L. Ulm J. Vrzina V. Schiesl D. Puntaric Z. Smit Suitability of microscale ecotoxicity tests for environmental monitoring 253(8) M.A. Vaal A.J. Folkerts Comparison of the conventional algal assay and the Algaltoxkit F™ microbiotest for toxicity evaluation of sediment pore waters 261(8) M.C. Vandenbroele D.G. Heijerick M.L. Vangheluwe C.R. Janssen Shifting from the conventional ISO 8692 algal growth inhibition test to the Algaltoxkit F™ microbiotest? 269(4) C. Van der Wielen I. Halleux Toxicity assessment of chemicals using conventional acute Daphnia magna tests, Toxkits and Fluotox microbiotests 273(8) M. Zaleska-Radziwill Toxicity Testing Of Natural Waters Assessing the quality of natural waters in Magnesia prefecture in Greece using Toxkits 281(8) A. Angelaki M. Sakellariou D. Pateras A. Kungolos Toxicity screening of surface waters in southern Italy with Toxkit microbiotests 289(6) M. Isidori A. Parrella C.M.L. Piazza R. Strada Toxicity monitoring of the Scheldt and Meuse rivers in Wallonia (Belgium) by conventional tests and microbiotests 295(12) C. Van der Wielen I. Halleux Toxicity Testing Of Wastes, Waste Waters And Leachates Toxicity screening of novel pulp mill wastewaters in Finnish pulp mills 307(12) J. Ahtiainen T. Nakari M. Ruoppa M. Verta E. Talka Toxicity of waste dump leachates and sugar factory effluents and their impact on groundwater and surface water quality in the Opole Province in Poland 319(4) I. Czerniawska-Kusza M. Ebis Application of Toxkit microbiotests for toxicity evaluation of river waters and waste waters in the region of Warsaw in Poland 323(4) U. Dmitruk J. Dojlido Assessment of the toxicity and genotoxicity of wastewaters treated in a municipal plant 327(12) G. Gilli V. Meineri Toxicity monitoring of waste waters from tanneries with microbiotests 339(8) M. Isidori Industrial waste leachates: toxicity detection with microbiotests and biochemical tests 347(10) A. Joutti E. Schultz E. Tuukkanen K. Vaajasaari Microbiotests for the evaluation of the pollution from the oil shale industry 357(10) A. Kahru L. Pollumaa R. Reiman A. Ratsep Toxicity studies of treated residual wastes in Austria using different types of conventional assays and cost-effective microbiotests 367(18) M. Latif A. Zach Toxicity testing of solidified waste leachates with microbiotests 385(6) J. Mala E. Marsalkova P. Rovnanikova Microbiotests for the toxicity assessment of various types of water samples 391(10) L. Manusadzianas L. Balkelyte K. Sadauskas L. Stoskus Comparison of chemical composition and toxicity of wastewaters from pulp industry 401(12) M. Michniewicz G. Nalecz-Jawecki J. Stufka-Olczyk J. Sawicki Hazard assessment of industrial waste leachability: chemical characterization and biotesting by routine effluent tests 413(14) K. Vaajasaari J. Ahtiainen T. Nakari H. Dahlbo Toxicity Testing Of Soils And Sediments Toxicity determination of the sediments of the river Seine in France by application of a battery of microbiotests 427(14) G. Persoone M.L. Vangheluwe Microbiotests for contaminated soils and sediments: interpreting the data 441(8) P. Ross P. Leitman A. Ringwood M. Delorenzo Selection of bioassays for sediment toxicity screening 449(10) M.L. Vangheluwe C.R. Janssen P.A. Van Sprang The toxicity identification of inorganic toxicants in real world samples 459(10) P.A. Van Sprang M.L. Vangheluwe C.R. Janssen Toxicity Testing Of Air Pollution Assessing the impact of atmospheric wet and dry deposition using chemical and toxicological analysis 469(6) K. Eleftheriadis A. Angelaki A. Kungolos L. Nalbandian G.P. Sakellaropoulos Toxicity of snow cover for the assessment of air pollution as determined with microbiotests 475(6) N.J. Stepanova A.M. Petrov A.G. Gabaydullin R.R. Shagidullin Toxicity Testing Of Specific Chemicals Toxicity determination of zinc and cadmium (single and in combination) with a battery of Toxkit microbiotests 481(6) D. Drobne J. Strus Using Toxkits for calculating interactive effects of chemicals 487(8) A. Kungolos V. Batziaka P. Samaras G.P. Sakellaropoulos A.M. Kipopoulou A. Zoumboulis Th. Kouimtzis Laboratory studies with microbiotests to evaluate the acute toxicity to aquatic biota of herbicides used in Portuguese paddy fields 495(8) T. Pereira M.J. Cerejeira M.F. Brito M.A. Morbey Testing For Mutagenicity And Genotoxicity Development of a miniaturized Salmonella typhimurium reversion test with kinetic data acquisition 503(8) H. Ehrlichmann B. Mahn W. Dott A. Eisentraeger Genotoxicity monitoring of environmental samples in Tatarstan, Russia 511(8) O. Ivanchenko O. Ilinskaya I. Skipina Z. Kruglova A. Petrov Microbiotests For Toxicity Evaluation Of Biotoxins Microbiotests for cyanobacterial toxins screening 519(8) B. Marsalek L. Blaha The toxicity of cyanobacterial blooms as determined by microbiotests and mouse assays 527(6) M. Tarczynska G. Nalecz-Jawecki M. Brzychcy M. Zalewski J. Sawicki The potential of the Thamnotoxkit microbiotest for routine detection of cyanobacterial toxins 533(8) A.K. Torokne Subject Index-Listing per major subject classes 541(6) Subject Index-Alphabetical listing 547
