The community conditioning hypothesis and its application to environmental toxicology

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 597-603

  Matthews, Robin A ^a   Landis, Wayne G ^a   Matthews, Geoffrey B ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community conditioning; Ecotoxicology; Jet fuels; Microcosms

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; DAPHNIA; OSTRACODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0029983918     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0597:TCCHAI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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