Biological effects of contaminants: Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryo bioassay

Thain, J. E.

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Biological effects of contaminants: Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryo bioassay

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posted on 1991-01-01, 00:00 authored by J. E. Thain

This paper describes the modified oyster embryo bioassay method which has been used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), UK, to obtain a measure of the deterioration in biological water quality in UK coastal areas receiving anthropogogenic discharges. MAFF have successfully used this protocol since 1976.

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ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Science (TIMES)

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11

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John Thain

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978-87-7482-266-0

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2707-6997

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Thain, J. E. 1991. Biological effects of contaminants: Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) embryo bioassay. ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Science, Vol. 11. 12 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.5037