The relative sensitivity of macrophyte and algal species to herbicides and fungicides: An analysis using species sensitivity distributions

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 308-318

  Giddings, Jeffrey M ^a   Arts, Gertie ^b   Hommen, Udo ^c  

^a Compliance Services International ^*  (United States)

^b Fraunhofer Institute ^*

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

Algae; Lemna; Macrophytes; Myriophyllum; Species sensitivity distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880396427     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1387     Document Type: Article

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