Methods to Assess the Effects of Chemicals on Ecosystems
Assesses the risks and estimates the injurious effects of both man-made and naturally-occurring chemicals on the ecological species that make up large complex ecosystems. Evaluates current knowledge of ecotoxicology and related testing methods, taking into account the potentials and limitations of current models and approaches. Other topics include methods of assessing the effects of chemicals on fresh waters, soils and forests; estuarine and near-coastal water organisms; arid and semi-arid ecosystems; aquatic and terrestrial wildlife and more.
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Emerging from the title workshop, convened by the Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals (SGOMSEC), this volume, a joint report summarizing findings and recommendations, followed by 14 contributed papers, presents approaches and methods to study the effects of chemical and physical agents on ecosystems in order to collect information which facilitates risk-based decision making. It includes an overview of available methods to study the effects of chemical stressors on different ecosystem types, including freshwater, brackish, estuary and near-coastal, wetlands, forest, arid and semi-arid, and tundras. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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