General Principles and Overview

Handbook of Ecotoxicology

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-5

  Calow, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM); Ecotoxicity test need; Ecotoxicity testing and protecting ecological systems; Ecotoxicology; Ecotoxicology contributing to ecological system correction; Measuring effects laboratory tests and field observations; Reproducibility criterion for anticipatory tests; Subcategories and basic dichotomy between anticipation and assessment; Test organisms with minimum suffering; Test procedures reflecting legislative needs

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ECOTOXICITY TEST; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SUBCATEGORIES AND BASIC DICHOTOMY BETWEEN ANTICIPATION AND ASSESSMENT; TEST ORGANISMS; TEST PROCEDURES;

TESTING;

EID: 84953255572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444313512.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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