Screen LibraryEnvironmental toxicity testing
The rapid expansion of the world's population, combined with industrial progress, has made a significant impact on the world's ecosystems. Ecosystems related to the aquatic environment represent the primary concern, but the terrestrial environment is also a major challenge for the foreseea...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444305531 |
| Summary: |
The rapid expansion of the world's population, combined with industrial progress, has made a significant impact on the world's ecosystems. Ecosystems related to the aquatic environment represent the primary concern, but the terrestrial environment is also a major challenge for the foreseeable future, in view of increasing demands on available land resources and the need for remediation and reclamation. This volume provides a working knowledge of monitoring issues for those who commission environmental toxicity tests or are required to use them. It discusses interpretation and application of th. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 388 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
140514470X 9781405144704 9781444305531 1444305530 |
| Index Number: | RA1226 |
| CLC: | R994.6 |
| Contents: | 3.3 Halogenated hydrocarbons3.4 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); 3.5 Medical and veterinary drugs; 3.6 Acid rain and acidification of the environment; References; 4 Frameworks for the application of toxicity data; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The purpose of bioassays; 4.3 Interpretation of toxicological data; 4.4 Ecological risk assessment; References; 5 The aquatic environment; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Aquatic toxicity; 5.3 Wastewate. |