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Understanding the Stressor
Pages 314-314

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... The effect of other anthropogenic or natural stressors should be included in the analysis, because most ecological systems are affected by multiple stresses. For example, assessments of ecological risks of chemicals could increase reliance on field experiments in which test organisms are exposed to a suite of compounds and a range of natural conditions (this approach is already being widely used to set water quality criteria)
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