Development of bioassay approaches to evaluate the impacts of pollution on New Zealand estuaries using the marine copepod Quinquelaophonte sp.

Worldwide, estuaries are under increasing pressure from numerous contaminants. There is a need to develop reliable bioassay methodologies to assess the effects of these stressors on estuary health. This thesis aimed to develop and validate toxicity tests in a New Zealand marine harpacticoid copepod...

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Main Author: Stringer, Tristan James
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7438