DNA Metabarcoding Meets Experimental Ecotoxicology: Advancing Knowledge on the Ecological Effects of Copper in Freshwater Ecosystems

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-104

  Gardham, Stephanie ^a,b   Hose, Grant C ^a   Stephenson, Sarah ^b   Chariton, Anthony A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community analysis; Macrobiota; Meiobiota; Mesocosm; Metal; Microbiota; Molecular

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919442613     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-099970-8.00007-5     Document Type: Chapter

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