Unravelling the Impacts of Micropollutants in Aquatic Ecosystems: Interdisciplinary Studies at the Interface of Large-Scale Ecology

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 183-223

  Stamm, C ^a   Rasanen K ^a   Burdon, F J ^a   Altermatt, F ^a,b   Jokela, J ^a,c   Joss, A ^a   Ackermann, M ^a,c   Eggen, R I L ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experiments; Micropollutants; Stress ecology; Trophic interactions; Wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994600157     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.07.002     Document Type: Chapter

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