Ecological food web analysis for chemical risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 491-502

  Preziosi, Damian V ^a   Pastorok, Robert A ^a  

^a Integral Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Ecological risk assessment; Ecosystem; Food web; Toxic chemical; Trophic

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; FOOD ADDITIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; TOXIC MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; TOXIC CHEMICAL; TROPHIC;

RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGY;

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOOD WEB; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION MODELS; CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; FOOD WEBS; POPULATION DYNAMICS MODELS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; TOXIC CHEMICALS; TROPHIC;

EID: 53549104404     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.063     Document Type: Article

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