A critical review of procedures and approaches used for assessing pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT) in biotic communities

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1003-1034

  Blanck, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Causation; Experimental ecosystems; Field studies; PICT; Resistance; Terrestrial; Tolerance; Toxicants; Validation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0012881915     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1080-700291905792     Document Type: Review

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