Modified whole effluent toxicity test to assess and decouple wastewater effects from environmental gradients.

Environmental gradients and wastewater discharges produce aggregated effects on marine populations, obscuring the detection of human impact. Classical assessment methods do not include environmental effects in toxicity tests designs, which could lead to incorrect conclusions. We proposed a modified...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Sauco, Julio Gómez, Francisco R Barboza, Diego Lercari, Omar Defeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3673937?pdf=render