Ecological effects of metals on benthic invertebrates

Biological Response Signatures: Indicator Patterns Using Aquatic Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 135-154

  Kiffney, Peter M ^a   Clements, William H ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

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EID: 85055926359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041453     Document Type: Chapter

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