Synthetic chemicals as agents of global change

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 84-90

  Bernhardt, Emily S ^a   Rosi, Emma J ^b   Gessner, Mark O ^c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL CHANGE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994584848     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fee.1450     Document Type: Article

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