Aquatic risks of pesticides, ecological protection goals, and common aims in European Union Legislation

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Brock, Theo CM ^a   Arts, Gertie HP ^a   Maltby, Lorraine ^b   Van den Brink, Paul J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

91 414 EEC; Directive; Ecological effect assessment; Freshwater ecosystems; Plant protection products; Water framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053940487     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.5630020402     Document Type: Review

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