Ecotoxicology: The History and Present Directions

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 1195-1201

  Newman, M C ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioindicator; Biomagnification; Biomarker; Cancer; Ecological risk assessment; Global distillation; Metapopulation; Nitrogen isotopic fractionation; Phase I and II detoxification; Sensitive species; Species diversity, evenness, and richness; Target organ; Trophic dilution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950986524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00431-6     Document Type: Chapter

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