Upgrading system-oriented ecotoxicological research

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 406, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-384

  Eijsackers, Herman J P ^a,b,c   Groot, Mirjam ^a,d   Breure, Anton M ^a,e,f  

^a Programme Committee 'Netherlands Stimulation Programme on System oriented Ecotoxicological Research'   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Ecosystem level; Integration; Research approach

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; IMPURITIES; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; FLOODS; INTEGRATION; MARINE POLLUTION; RESEARCH; URBAN GROWTH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM LEVEL; INTEGRATION; RESEARCH APPROACH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESEARCH; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTURBATION; CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOODPLAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ECOSYSTEM; NETHERLANDS; TOXICITY TESTS;

AFFERDENSCHE AND DEESTSCHE WAARDEN; BENELUX; BIESBOS; DE RONDE VENEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GELDERLAND; NETHERLANDS; NORTH BRABANT; UTRECHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONTAMINANT LOADS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; DISTRIBUTION OF CONTAMINANTS; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; POPULATION LEVELS; RESEARCH APPROACH;

EID: 53549130964     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.057     Document Type: Article

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