Enhanced experimental flexibility and control in ecotoxicological mesocosm experiments - A new outdoor and indoor pond and stream system

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-7

  Mohr, Silvia ^a   Feibicke, Michael ^a   Ottenströer, Thomas ^a   Meinecke, Stefan ^a   Berghahn, Rüdiger ^a   Schmidt, Ralf ^a  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial streams; Ecotoxicology; Effect study; Fate; Mesocosms; Ponds

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; MESOCOSM; POND; STREAM; WASTEWATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 84930476105     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2004.08.217     Document Type: Review

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