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Framework for traits-based assessment in ecotoxicology

  1. Mascha N Rubach1,*,
  2. Roman Ashauer2,
  3. David B Buchwalter3,
  4. HJ De Lange4,
  5. Mick Hamer5,
  6. Thomas G Preuss6,
  7. Katrien Töpke7,
  8. Stephen J Maund8

Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1002/ieam.105

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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Special Issue: Traits-Based Ecological Risk Assessment (TERA): Realizing the Potential of Ecoinformatics Approaches in Ecotoxicology

Volume 7, Issue 2, pages 172–186, April 2011

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Rubach, M. N., Ashauer, R., Buchwalter, D. B., De Lange, H., Hamer, M., Preuss, T. G., Töpke, K. and Maund, S. J. (2011), Framework for traits-based assessment in ecotoxicology. Integr Environ Assess Manag, 7: 172–186. doi: 10.1002/ieam.105

Author Information

  1. 1

    Wageningen University and Research Centre, Centre for Water and Climate, Alterra, PO Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    EAWAG, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Überlandstrasse 133, Dübendorf, Switzerland

  3. 3

    North Carolina State University, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, PO Box 7633, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

  4. 4

    Wageningen University and Research Centre, Centre for Ecosystem Studies, Alterra, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands

  5. 5

    Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Station, Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom

  6. 6

    RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research (Biology V), Worringerweg 1, Aachen, Germany

  7. 7

    Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, J. Plateaustraat 22, Ghent, Belgium

  8. 8

    Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basel, Switzerland

*Wageningen University and Research Centre, Centre for Water and Climate, Alterra, PO Box 47, 6700AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 MAR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 8 JUL 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 8 JUL 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 26 MAY 2010
  5. Manuscript Revised: 23 MAY 2010
  6. Manuscript Received: 11 FEB 2010

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