Bioenergetic food webs as a means of linking toxicological effects across scales of ecological organization

Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Stress and Recovery

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-165

  Carlisle, Daren M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Ecological hierarchy; Food webs; Scale; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; FOOD WEB; TOXICOLOGY;

BIOENERGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034116796     PISSN: 13861980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009975531047     Document Type: Review

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