Ecotoxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors (Paperback, 2006 ed.)

The science of ecotoxicology and the practice of ecological risk assessment are evolving rapidly. Ecotoxicology as a subject area came into prominence in the 1960s after the publication of Rachel Carson's book on the impact of pesticides on the environment. The rise of public and scientific concern for the effects of chemical pollutants on the environment in the 1960s and 1970s led to the development of the discipline of ecotoxicology, a science that takes into account the effects of chemicals in the context of ecology. Until the early 1980s, in spite of public concern and interest among scientists, the assessment of ecological risks associated with natural or synthetic pollutants was not considered a priority issue by most government. However, as the years passed, a better understanding of the importance of ecotoxicology emerged and with it, in some countries, the progressive formalization of an ecological risk assessment process. Ecological risk assessment is a conceptual tool for organizing and analyzing data and information to evaluate the likelihood that one or more stressors are causing or will cause adverse ecological effects. Ecological risk assessment allows risk managers to consider available scientific information when selecting a course of action, in addition to other factors that may affect their decision (e. g. , social, legal, political, or economic). Ecological risk assessment includes three phases (problem formulation, analysis, and risk characterization).

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Nato Security through Science Series C:
Release date:	2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Gerassimos Arapis • Nadezhda Goncharova • Philippe Baveye
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-4475-5
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > Toxicology (non-medical) Promotions
LSN:	1-4020-4475-5
Barcode:	9781402044755

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