What is meant by "95% of species"? an argument for the inclusion of rapid tolerance testing

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1025-1046

  Kefford, Ben J ^a   Palmer, Carolyn G ^b   Jooste, Sebastian ^c   Warne, Michael S J ^d   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DEPARTMENT OF WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY   (South Africa)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Species sensitivity distributions; Tolerance testing; Water quality guidelines development

Indexed keywords

EID: 30944466554     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030500257770     Document Type: Article

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