Inferring ecological risk from toxicity bioassays

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 71-82

  Person, S ^a   Ginzburg, L R ^b   Goldstein, R A ^c  

^a APPLIED BIOMATHEMATICS   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bioassays; ecological risk; ecosystems; ecotoxicology; population level endpoints; populations

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGICAL RISK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; TOXICITY BIOASSAY;

BIOASSAY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; PLANNING; TOXICITY;

ECOLOGICAL RISK; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; POPULATION LEVEL END POINTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029661186     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00619269     Document Type: Review

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