Applicability of indicator monitoring to ecological risk assessment

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-112

  Suter II, Glenn W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Ecological risk assessment; Endpoints; Indicators; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012098285     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1470-160x(01)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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