The role of mesocosm studies in ecological risk analysis

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1099-1102

  Boyle, Terence P ^a   Fairchild, James F ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological inertia; Ecological resilience; Ecosystem structure and vulnerability; Fate and effects models; Indirect effects of xenobiotics; Mesocosm experiments; Pesticides; Resource management, regional framework; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001329540     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1099:TROMSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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