Application of the Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance (PICT) method to algal communities: Its values as a diagnostic tool for ecotoxicological risk assessment in the aquatic environment;La méthode PICT (Pollution-Induced Community Tolerance) appliquée aux communautés algales: Intérêt comme outil de diagnose et d'évaluation du risque écotoxicologique en milieu aquatique

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-261

  Berard A ^a   Dorigo, U ^b   Humbert, J F ^b   Leboulanger, C ^b   Seguin, F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR CARRTEL   (France)

Author keywords

Algae; Ecotoxicology; Selection; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOTOXICOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLERANCE;

EID: 0036387251     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2002020     Document Type: Article

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