Ecotoxicology, Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arapis, Gerassimos (Editor), Goncharova, Nadezhda (Editor), Baveye, Philippe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: NATO Security Through Science Series, 6
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Biochemistry.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Environmental health.; Air pollution.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Environmental Health.

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 con...