Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Advanced Hazard Assessment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783642647963)

Hazard assessment of a compound (xenobiotic) discharged to the aquatic environment requires data on both exposure and effects to various components of the ecosystem. The multitude of ecological gradients in the Baltic Sea is used as a background example for discussing the complexity of the issue and the need for new approaches. Therefore, this book attempts to go beyond the simplistic, standardized short-term laboratory tests traditionally used as a basis for hazard assessment of chemicals, and gives strong emphasis to the interpretation of ecotoxicological data in their real, ecological context, pointing out the need to consider the natural mortality distribution of the population under study, the role of keystone species and of species with broad ecological niches versus those with narrow, specialized niches.

Author: Lars Landner
ISBN-10: 3642647960
ISBN-13: 9783642647963
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/22/2011
Pages: 415
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.89d