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The use of a multi-trophic assay strategy is now being encouraged in toxicological investigations which provides for rapid and sensitive tests. Such a strategy, a microcomputer-based algal fluorescence technique, was applied for the bioassessment of Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River ecosystems. The technique was found to be rapid, sensitive, and relatively inexpensive. In addition, it permitted microscopic examination of the impact of contaminants on individual cells/organisms, a feature which is not possible by other tests using radioisotopes and enzymes. The algal fluorescence technique appears to have a considerable potential for fast screening of large numbers of environmental samples.
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Munawar, M., Severn, S.T., Mayfield, C.I. (1991). Application of a microcomputer-based algal fluorescence technique for assessing toxicity: Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River examples. In: Munawar, M., Edsall, T. (eds) Environmental Assessment and Habitat Evaluation of the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 65. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3144-5_20
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