Publication Summary

Title

An Assessment of the Phototoxicity of Contaminated Groundwater - Using Whole Effluent Toxicity Bioassays on Dapinia magna and Pimephales promelas with UVR Supplemental Lighting

Month-Year PublishedSeptember 2009
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The primary goal of this project was to determine if supplementing standard laboratory lighting with ultraviolet radiation (UVR) during Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) tests could modify the toxicity of contaminated groundwater samples to aquatic organisms.

Publication Number09-09-045
Author(s)Jason C. Fortner & Ruth M. Sofield, WWU
ContactDavid Sternberg, (360) 407-7146
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Number of pages 98
Keywords groundwater contamination, phototoxicity, toxicity
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