Ecotoxicology
Subtitle: The Study of Pollutants in Ecosystems, Third Edition
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780125067638
Subjects: Chemistry; Environmental Science; Pollution & threats to the environment; Toxicology (non-medical); Life Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems; Ecotoxicology (Biology); Environmental Toxicology; Science; Environmental Studies; Medical; Science/Mathematics; Toxicology; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Science / Ecology; Life Sciences - Ecology
First sentence: The term ecotoxicology was coined by Truhaut in 1969 (see Truhaut, 1977) as natural extension from toxicology, the science of the effects of poisons on individual organisms, to the ecological effects of pollutants.