Research needs for predictive multispecies tests in aquatic toxicology

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 346, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Crane, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Mesocosm; Prediction; Repeatability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030766863     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002922217500     Document Type: Article

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