Emergent technologies and analytical approaches for understanding the effects of multiple stressors in aquatic environments

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 414-428

  Chariton, A A ^a,b   Sun, M ^a,b   Gibson, J ^c   Webb, J A ^d   Leung, K M Y ^e   Hickey, C W ^f   Hose, G C ^a,g  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^g MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

big data; causality; environmental genomics; predictive models.

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENOMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84962013303     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF15190     Document Type: Article

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