We have experience in addressing special questions in environmental risk assessment with acute and chronic laboratory tests with non-standard species and/or non-standard design.
Possible test species are for example:
Insects:
- Mayflies (Ephemeroptera; e.g. Cloeon dipterum)
- Caddisflies (Trichoptera; e.g. Hydropsyche incognita, Lasiocephala basalis, Rhyacophila spp.)
- Phantom midges (Chaoboridae; e.g. Chaoborus obscuripes, Chaoborus crystallinus)
- Non-biting midges (Chironomidae)
- Water bugs (e.g. Notonecta glauca)
Crustacea:
- Isopods (e.g. Asellus aquaticus)
- Amphipods (e.g. Gammarus pulex, Gammarus roeseli, Gammarus fossarum, Crangonyx pseudogracilis, Hyalella azteca)
- Phyllopods (e.g. Daphnia longispina, Daphnia pulex, Simocephalus sp., Chydorus sp.)
- Copepods (different species depending on season)
- Decapods (e.g. Neocaridina sp.)
Rotifera:
- depending on season, e.g.
- Brachionus spp.
- Keratella quadrata
- Lecane spp.
Mollusca:
- Gastropoda (e.g. Potamopyrgus antipodarum, Lymnea stagnalis)
Oligochaeta:
Algae:
- Special freshwater species are available on request, e.g.
- Ankistrodemus falcatus
- Aphanothece clathrata
- Chlorella vulgaris
- Chroococcus minutus
- Nitzschia palea
- Scenedesmus obliquus