Variability: Noise or information in ecotoxicology?

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 121-123

  Calow, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Ecotoxicity test; Ring test; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE; INDIVIDUALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030588324     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00041-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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