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Item Details
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ECOTOXICOLOGY: PROBLEMS AND APPROACHES
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| By: |
Simon A. Levin (Editor), Mark A. Harwell (Editor), John R. Kelly (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£73.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1461281385 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781461281382 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
23 September, 2011 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989 |
| Series: |
Springer Advanced Texts in Life Sciences |
| Pages: |
560 |
| Synopsis: |
Ecotoxicology is the science that seeks to predict the impacts of chemi- cals upon ecosystems. This involves describing and predicting ecological changes ensuing from a variety of human activities that involve release of xenobiotic and other chemicals to the environment. A fundamental principle of ecotoxicology is embodied in the notion of change. Ecosystems themselves are constantly changing due to natural processes, and it is a challenge to distinguish the effects of anthropogenic activities against this background of fluctuations in the natural world. With the frustratingly large, diverse, and ever-emerging sphere of envi- ronmental problems that ecotoxicology must address, the approaches to individual problems also must vary. In part, as a consequence, there is no established protocol for application of the science to environmental prob- lem-solving. The conceptual and methodological bases for ecotoxicology are, how- ever, in their infancy, and thus still growing with new experiences.In- deed, the only robust generalization for research on different ecosystems and different chemical stresses seems to be a recognition of the necessity of an ecosystem perspective as focus for assessment. This ecosystem basis for ecotoxicology was the major theme of a previous pUblication by the Ecosystems Research Center at Cornell University, a special issue of Environmental Management (Levin et al. 1984). With that effort, we also recognized an additional necessity: there should be a continued develop- ment of methods and expanded recognition of issues for ecotoxicology and for the associated endeavor of environmental management. |
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biography |
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US |
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
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