Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Second Edition
Contributors: David J. Hoffman (Editor); Barnett A. Rattner (Editor); Jr., G. Allen Burton (Editor); Jr., John Cairns (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: November 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1312
ISBN-13: 9781566705462
Subjects: Applied ecology; Reference works; Toxicology (non-medical); Life Sciences - Ecology; Environmental Science; Medical; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics; Toxicology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Environmental toxicology
First sentence: The term ecotoxicology was first coined by Truhaut in 1969 as a natural extension from toxicology, the science of the effects of poisons on individual organisms, to the ecological effects of pollutants.