edited by Simon A. Levin, John R. Kelly, Mark A. Harwell, Kenneth D. Kimball.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer New York
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(xiii, 547 pages 91 illustrations).
SERIES
Series Title
Springer Advanced Text in Life Sciences.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Ecotoxicology is the science that seeks to predict the impacts of chemi- cals upon ecosystems. 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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Ecology.
Environmental toxicology.
Life sciences.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH545
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A1
Book number
E358
1989
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by Simon A. Levin, John R. Kelly, Mark A. Harwell, Kenneth D. Kimball.