Small-scale Freshwater Toxicity Investigations Toxicity Test Methods /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Blaise, Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Férard, Jean-François (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Environmental management.; Ecotoxicology.; Waste management.; Pollution.; Pollution, general.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Environmental Management.

Developed, developing and emerging economies worldwide are collectively contributing multiple stresses on aquatic ecosystems by the release of numerous contaminants. This in turn demands that basic toxicological information on their potential to harm living species be available. Hence, environmental...

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