Ecological engineering and sustainability: A new opportunity for chemical engineering

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3040-3047

  Stouffer, Daniel B ^a   Ng, Carla A ^b   Amaral, Luís A N ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant accumulation; Ecological engineering; Food webs; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049141551     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11720     Document Type: Article

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