Effect-directed analysis of key toxicants in European river basins a review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-38

  Brack, Werner ^a   Klamer, Hans J C ^b   De Alda, Maria López ^c   Barceló, Damià ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecosystems; Chemical contamination; Ecotoxicity; Effect based key toxicants; Effect directed analysis (EDA); European river basins; Sediments; Water Framework Directive (WFD); Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISORDER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MUTAGENICITY; PAH; PCDD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; REVIEW; RIVER; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

CHLOROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846863356     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.08.329     Document Type: Review

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