Abstract: Ecotoxicology can be defined as "the study of harmful effects of chemicals upon ecosystems." This implies that ecotoxicology is not concerned with the detection of chemicals per se, but that it deals with biological effects of (toxic) chemicals that contaminate (or have contaminated) the environment. Biological effects induced by chemicals can be anything from a molecular effect (e.g., genetic change) in an individual organism to effects on the biosphere as a whole.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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