How to Link Field Observations with Causality? Field and Experimental Approaches Linking Chemical Pollution with Ecological Alterations

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 181-218

  Guasch, Helena ^a   Bonet, Berta ^a   Bonnineau, Chloé ^a   Corcoll, Natàlia ^a   López Doval, Júlio C ^b   Muñoz, Isabel ^b   Ricart, Marta ^a   Serra, Alexandra ^c   Clements, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Causality; Community ecotoxicology; Macroinvertebrate; Multiple stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036620749     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25722-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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