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Sabine Duquesne1, Urwa Alalouni2, Thomas Gräff2

  • 1German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany. Sabine.duquesne@uba.de.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research International
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Alpha and beta-valuesEcotoxicological effectsEnvironmental risk assessmentLevel of probabilityLowest observed effect concentration (LOEC)Micro-/mesocosmNo observed effect concentration (NOEC)Plant protection productsPower analysisType I and II errors

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