Traits-based ecological risk assessment (TERA): Realizing the potential of ecoinformatics approaches in ecotoxicology

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-171

  Van den Brink, Paul J ^a   Rubach, Mascha N ^a   Culp, Joseph M ^b   Pascoe, Timothy ^c   Maund, Stephen J ^d   Baird, Donald J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79961050781     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.103     Document Type: Article

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