FIELD: testing equipment. SUBSTANCE: crustaceous-gammarus is used as test-object. If a toxin is presented in water the animal stops motion or changes direction of motion whereas in the normal fluid the animal moves in one direction over periphery of the tank. The presence and amount of the toxin can be judged by distortion of features of orientation behavior of the animals. EFFECT: simplified method. 2 cl, 3 dwg
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1995-02-27—Published
1991-01-02—Filed