title: A marine bioassay test set to assess marine water and sediment quality-its need, the approach and first results.
abstract: There is a need for establishing a marine bioassay test set to assess marine water and sediment samples in Germany. The selected marine bioassay test set, two tests for the water phase (with the luminescence bacteria Vibrio fischeri and the algae Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin) and a whole sediment test with the marine amphipod Corophium volutator (Pallas) is described and first results are shown.
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Arbeitsbereich Umweltschutztechnik, Hamburg, Germany. ca.peters@tu-harburg.de
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Noack
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfitzner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bülow
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Barz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahlf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berghahn
mesh_terms: D033304:Amphipoda / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000187:drug effects; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis; D012623:Seawater; D014733:Vibrio / Q000187:drug effects; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical