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BS ISO 16778:2015

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Water quality. Calanoid copepod early-life stage test with Acartia tonsa

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-06-2015

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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus
6 Reagents
7 Test organism
8 Procedure
9 Validity criteria
10 Expression of results
11 Denotion of results
12 Interpretation of results
13 Reference substance
14 Test report
Annex A (informative) - Defined culture and test media
Annex B (informative) - Specific details on renewal of test
        solution, feeding regime, and an example of a flow
        diagram for a larval development test (early-life
        stage test) with Acartia tonsa
Annex C (informative) - Sampling for chemical analyses
Annex D (informative) - Lugol's solution
Annex E (informative) - Data collection sheet for Acartia
        tonsa early-life stage test
Annex F (informative) - Calculations
Annex G (informative) - Culturing of Acartia tonsa
Annex H (informative) - Specific details on secondary
        sexual characteristics for Acartia tonsa
Annex I (informative) - General safety precautions and
        techniques for handling environmental samples
Bibliography

Defines an early-life stage test procedure for determination of the toxic effects of a chemical substance, effluent, or water sample on a cold-water marine and brackish water copepod species under semi-static conditions.

Committee
EH/3/5
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 13/30244108 DC. (06/2015)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
48
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 16778:2015 Identical

ISO 5667-3:2012 Water quality Sampling Part 3: Preservation and handling of water samples
ISO 5667-1:2006 Water quality Sampling Part 1: Guidance on the design of sampling programmes and sampling techniques
ISO 14669:1999 Water quality — Determination of acute lethal toxicity to marine copepods (Copepoda, Crustacea)
ISO/TS 20281:2006 Water quality — Guidance on statistical interpretation of ecotoxicity data
ISO 5667-16:2017 Water quality — Sampling — Part 16: Guidance on biotesting of samples

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