Applying species-sensitivity distributions in ecological risk assessment: Assumptions of distribution type and sufficient numbers of species

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 508-515

  Newman, Michael C ^a   Ownby, David R ^a   Mézin, Laurent C A ^a   Powell, David C ^a   Christensen, Tyler R L ^a   Lerberg, Scott B ^a   Anderson, Britt Anne ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Risk assessment; Sample size; Species sensitivity; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034012823     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190233     Document Type: Article

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