Spatial and annual variation to define the normal range of biological endpoints: An example with biomarkers in perch

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2616-2624

  Hanson, Niklas ^a   Förlin, Lars ^a   Larsson, Åke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Environmental assessment; Natural variation; Normal range; Reference sites

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CLIMATIC VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL DATA; MULTIPLE REFERENCES; NATURAL VARIATION; NORMAL RANGE; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; REFERENCE DATA; REFERENCE SITES; STATISTICAL POWER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOMARKERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PERCID; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NONHUMAN; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PERCH; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PERCHES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALTIC COAST [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 78649571631     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.300     Document Type: Article

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