Long-term Lethal Toxicity Test with the Crustacean Artemia franciscanaLoredana Manfra 1, Federica Savorelli 2, Marco Pisapia 1, Erika Magaletti 1, Anna Maria Cicero 1
1Department of Environmental Quality Monitoring, Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, 2Regional Agency for Environmental Protection in Emilia-Romagna
This study concerns the development and standardization of a valuable methodological protocol to determine long-term (14 days) lethal toxicity exerted by chemical substances, industrial wastewater or sewage and liquid environmental samples on the saltwater crustacean, Artemia franciscana.