Comparison of different toxic effect sub-models in ecosystem modelling used for ecological effect assessments and water quality standard setting

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-23

  De Laender, Frederik ^a   De Schamphelaere, Karel A C ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,b   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological effect assessment; Ecosystem modeling; Toxic effect sub model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; MORTALITY; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; MACROPHYTE; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SYNECOLOGY; WATER STANDARD; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CLADOCERA; COPEPODA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; ROTIFERA; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36348961882     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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