Indirect effects in aquatic ecotoxicology: Implications for ecological risk assessment

Environmental Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-323

  Preston, Benjamin L ^a  

^a Pew Center on Global Climate Change   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Ecotoxicology; Indirect effects; Interspecific interactions

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ECOTOXICOLOGY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LABORATORY; MESOCOSM; POLLUTANT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036513977     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-001-0023-1     Document Type: Review

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