Ecotoxicology: Problems and Approaches / edited by Simon A. Levin, John R. Kelly, Mark A. Harwell, Kenneth D. Kimball.
This book conveys to the reader an up-to-date overview of the science of ecotoxicology, which describes and predicts ecological changes resulting from a variety of human activi- ties irvolving release of chemicals to the environment. Throughout, the emphasis is on the analysis and synthesis of under...
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New York, NY :
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1989.
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Table of Contents:
- From the contents: Ecotoxicology: Problems and Approaches
- Anthropogenic Stresses on Ecosystems: Issues and Indicators of Response and Recovery
- Effects of Heavy Metals in a Polluted Aquatic Ecosystem
- Determining the Ecological Effects of Oil Pollution in Marine Ecosystems
- The Effects of Chemical Stress on Aquatic Species Composition and Community Structure
- Chemical Stress in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Mechanisms and Patterns of Disturbance
- Mathematical Models: Fate, Transport, and Food Chain
- Deterministic and Statistical Models of Chemical Fate in Aquatic Systems
- Bioaccumulation of Hydrophobic Organic Pollutant Compounds
- Environmental Chemical Stress Effects Associated with Carbon and Phosphorus Biochemical Cycles
- Biomonitoring: Closing the Loop in the Environmental Sciences
- Ecotoxicology Beyond Sensitivity: A Case Study Involving "Unreasonableness" of Environmental Change
- Regulatory Framework for Ecotoxicology
- Environmental Decision-making in the Presence of Uncertainty.