The ECOMAN project: A novel approach to defining sustainable ecosystem function

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 186-194

  Galloway, Tamara S ^a   Brown, Rebecca J ^a   Browne, Mark A ^a   Dissanayake, Awantha ^a   Lowe, David ^b   Depledge, Michael H ^c   Jones, Malcolm B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Ecotoxicology; Integrated environmental assessment; Pollution; Species selection

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELL CULTURE; FISHERIES; MARINE POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ORGANISMAL HEALTH; SPECIES SELECTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOMARKER; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTUARY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING; HEALTH CARE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GREAT BRITAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER ESTUARY; PLYMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646110076     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.036     Document Type: Article

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