Principles of sound ecotoxicology

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3100-3111

  Harris, Catherine A ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^b   Johnson, Andrew C ^c   Panter, Grace H ^d   Sheahan, Dave ^b   Roberts, Mike ^e   Sumpter, John P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Brixham Environmental Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^e DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICS;

BASIC PRINCIPLES; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED; EXPOSED TO; EXPOSURE CONCENTRATION; IN-LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; TEST ORGANISMS;

ECOLOGY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS; POLLUTANT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84898984689     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4047507     Document Type: Review

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