Pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT): towards an ecologically relevant risk assessment of chemicals in aquatic systems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2141-2151

  Tlili, Ahmed ^a   Berard, Annette ^b   Blanck, Hans ^c   Bouchez, Agnes ^d,e   Cássio, Fernanda ^f   Eriksson, Karl Martin ^g   Morin, Soizic ^h   Montuelle, Bernard ^d,e   Navarro, Enrique ⁱ   Pascoal, Cláudia ^f   Pesce, Stephane ^j   Schmitt Jansen, Mechthild ^k   Behra, Renata ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UAPV   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^g CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^h UR EABX   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^j UR MALY   (France)

^k HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

aquatic ecology; bioindicator; chemical status; ecological status; ecotoxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927587671     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12558     Document Type: Article

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