How Much Is Too Little to Detect Impacts? A Case Study of a Nuclear Power Plant

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mayer Pinto, Mariana ^a,b   Ignacio, Barbara L ^a   Széchy, Maria T M ^a   Viana, Mariana S ^a   Curbelo Fernandez, Maria P ^a,c   Lavrado, Helena P ^a   Junqueira, Andrea O R ^a   Vilanova, Eduardo ^a   Silva, Sérgio H G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Research and Devolpment Center   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOTA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; TAXONOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; CHLORINE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84868155159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047871     Document Type: Article

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