Download or Read online Ecotoxicology Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors full in PDF, ePub and kindle. this book written by Gerassimos Arapis and published by Springer Science & Business Media which was released on 22 May 2007 with total page 360 pages. We cannot guarantee that Ecotoxicology Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors book is available in the library, click Get Book button and read full online book in your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile whenever and wherever You Like. 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).
Ecotoxicology Ecological Risk Assessment and Multiple Stressors
- Author : Gerassimos Arapis
- Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
- Pages : 360 pages
- ISBN : 1402044763
- Release : 22 May 2007
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