A novel approach to determining a population-level threshold in ecological risk assessment: A case study of zinc

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 714-727

  Kamo, Masashi ^a   Naito, Wataru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Extinction; HC5; PHC5; PSD; SSD; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349117535     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802235110     Document Type: Article

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