Community responses to contaminants: using basic ecological principles to predict ecotoxicological effects

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1789-1800

  Clements, William H ^a   Rohr, Jason R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecotoxicology; Contaminant transport; Global change; Indirect effects; Resistance resilience

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURE; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES; ECOSYSTEM STABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD WEBS; GLOBAL CHANGE; INDIRECT EFFECTS; POLLUTION-INDUCED COMMUNITY TOLERANCE; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INTERACTIONS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; IMPURITIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLOBAL CHANGE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL; XENOBIOTICS;

COMMUNITY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; FORECASTING; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS;

EID: 75849128894     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/09-140.1     Document Type: Review

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