Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6311953 | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The paper reports the results of an interlaboratory comparison involving 11 laboratories, with the objectives of apply and validate a new standardized ecotoxicological method on marine crustacean Tigriopus fulvus. Copper was chosen as reference toxicant as indicated in the official method. The results of two independent tests performed by all the participants, demonstrated that the new method is simple, fast and easy to learn. This is confirmed even by the values of z-score index calculated for each laboratory and the relative coefficient of variation (CV) which are 6.32% after 24Â h, 6.56 after 48Â h and 35.3% after 96Â h, mentioned in the ISO standards for the precision of interlaboratory assays. Therefore its use could be recommended in environmental studies and monitoring.
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Authors
Olga Faraponova, Elisabetta Giacco, Francesca Biandolino, Ermelinda Prato, Francesco Del Prete, Alessandra Valenti, Stefania Sarcina, Andrea Pasteris, Adele Montecavalli, Stefano Comin, Claudia Cesca, Marco Francese, Monica Cigar, Veronica Piazza,