A methodology for inferring the causes of observed impairments in aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1101-1111

  Suter, Glenn W ^a   Norton, Susan B ^a   Cormier, Susan M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassessment; Biosurvey; Causality; Ecoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORIES; MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY;

DIAGNOSTIC PROTOCOLS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036001260     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210602     Document Type: Article

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