An ecological perspective in aquatic ecotoxicology: Approaches and challenges

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-345

  Schmitt Jansen, M ^a   Veit, U ^b   Dudel, G ^c   Altenburger, R ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ÖkoTox Ltd   (Germany)

^c Institut für Allgemeine Ökologie und Umweltschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community ecotoxicology; Disturbance and stress ecology; Periphyton; PICT; SQT; SSD; Theoretical ecology; Toxicity assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349165211     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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