Comparison of Brachionus calyciflorus 2-d and Microtox{reg{underscore}sign} chronic 22-H tests with Daphnia magna 21-d test for the chronic toxicity assessment of chemicals
The Daphnia magna 21-d test may be required by European authorities as a criterion for the assessment of aquatic chronic toxicity for the notification of new substances. However, this test has several drawbacks. It is labor-intensive, relatively expensive, and requires the breeding of test organisms. The Brachionous calyciflorus 2-d test and Microtox chronic 22-h test do not suffer from these disadvantages and could be used as substitutes for the Daphnia 21-d test for screening assays. During this study, the toxicity of 25 chemicals was measured using both the microtox chronic toxicity and B. calyciflorus 2-d tests, and the no-observed-effect concentrations (NOECs) were compared to the D. magna 21-d test. The Brachionus test was slightly less sensitive than the Daphnia test, but the correlation between the two tests was relatively good (r{sup 2} = 0.54). The B. calyciflorus 2-d test, and to a lesser extent the Microtox chronic 22-h test, were able to predict the chronic toxicity values of the Daphnia 21-d test. They constitute promising cost-effective tools for chronic toxicity screening.
- Research Organization:
- Centre des Sciences de l'Environnement, Metz (FR)
- OSTI ID:
- 20006592
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 18, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1999; ISSN 0730-7268
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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