A dynamic new alarm system for use in biological early warning systems

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1317-1323

  Sluyts, Hilde ^a   Van Hoof, François ^a   Cornet, Anja ^a   Paulussen, Jozef ^a  

^a Study Center for Water   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alarm system; Musselmonitor ; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COPPER;

ALARM MONITORING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0029817883     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620150809     Document Type: Article

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