Uncertainties in ecological, chemical and physiological parameters of a bioaccumulation model: Implications for internal concentrations and tissue based risk quotients

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-246

  De Laender, F ^a   Van Oevelen, D ^a   Middelburg, J ^a,b   Soetaert, K ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food web model; Risk assessment; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

OCTANOL; ORGANIC CARBON; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD WEB; MODELING; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE METABOLISM; UNCERTAINTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLANKTON; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 77649337869     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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