Outdoor experimental ponds (mesocosms) designed for long-term ecotoxicological studies in aquatic environment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-133

  Caquet, Th ^a   Lagadic, L ^b   Jonot, O ^a   Baturo, W ^a   Kilanda, M ^a   Simon, P ^a   Le Bras, S ^a   Echaubard, M ^a,c   Ramade, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Zoologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; LAKE WATER; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GOLDFISH; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ASELLUS AQUATICUS; BASOMMATOPHORA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; ELODEA CANADENSIS; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LYMNAEA; PHTHIRAPTERA; STAGNICOLA PALUSTRIS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LYMNAEA PALUSTRIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL POND; MESOCOSM DESIGN;

EID: 0030429393     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1996.0053     Document Type: Article

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