Use of Dinoflagellates as a Metal Toxicity Assessment Tool in Aquatic System
应用腰鞭毛虫评价水体重金属污染的方法研究

Although dinoflagellates have been used to assess biological toxicity of contaminants,this method still lacks of corresponding toxicity assessment standard.This study appraised the toxicity of selected heavy metals to dinoflagellates based on the dinoflagellates bioluminescence with QwikLite~(TM) developed by the United States Navy.The results show that single heavy metal biological toxicity is in the order: Hg~(2+)>Cu~(2+)>Cd~(2+)>As~(5+)>Pb~(2+)>Cr~(6+);Two,three and four heavy metal mixture experiments s...