Effluent assessment with the PEEP (Potential Ecotoxic Effects Probe) index

Small-Scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations: Volume 2 - Hazard Assessment Schemes

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 69-87

  Blaise, Christian ^a   Férard, Jean François ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

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EID: 37249015135     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3553-5_2     Document Type: Chapter

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