A research strategy for using stream microcosms in ecotoxicology: Integrating experiments at different levels of biological organization with field data

Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-176

  Culp, Joseph M ^a   Podemski, Cheryl L ^b   Cash, Kevin J ^a   Lowell, Richard B ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial stream; Community; Ecotoxicology; Mesocosm; Microcosm; Pollutant; Population; River; Scaling; Stressor

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LABORATORY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0034043449     PISSN: 13861980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009927631955     Document Type: Review

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