Luminescence dynamics in R. subcapitata as a precocious ecotoxicology indicator

Abstract

Standard ecotoxicological tests are compared to delayed-luminescence tests, of algae samples (R. subcapitata), showing that the photonic approach can be as reliable as and more precocious than the standard one, here demonstrated for solutions of Durion. The main drawback is to determine the initial (best) control sample population (~106 cel/mL).