The estimation of petrochemical wastewater toxicity
This article considers the applicability of biotesting methods to the analysis of wastewater toxicity through the example of Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant. The offered biotesting method helps estimate total wastewater toxicity. The estimation of phytotoxicity was based on the following parameters ...
Biotesting glaukonite on infusorias
Glaukonite of the Palmnikensky deposit can be used in agriculture, water purification, and medicine. Due to its good adsorption properties, glauconite can take in various hazardous substances from water. The author tested the biological safety of glauconite from the Kaliningrad region deposits on infusorias to exclude the possibility of its chronic toxicity.
1. Григорьева Е. А. Сорбционные свойства глауконита Каринского месторождения...
Ontogenetic Dynamics of Hydrocortisone Quantitative Content of the Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris, Lamark (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)
... mollusks.
Hydrocortisone level is one of the most important organizers of general adaptation syndrome in the organisms of vertebrates under different forms of stress. It may be also used as an indicator of organism state of invertebrate hydrobionts in biotesting and bioindication of water biocenoses.
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Розен В.
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Основы эндокринологии. М., 1994.
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Таппермен Д., Таппермен Х.
Физиология обмена веществ и эндокринной ...