Title Ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment and multiple stressors / edited by Gerassimos Arapis, Nadezhda Goncharova and Philippe Baveye

Published Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps Series NATO security through science series - C: Environmental security, 1871-4668 ; v. 6 NATO security through science series. Series C, Environmental security ; v. 6. Contents Note continued: Medaka fish : an experimental model in environmental toxicology its use for the survey of microalgal toxins : phycotoxins and cyanotoxins / Marc Edery / Simone Puiseux-Dao -- Cytogenetic effect of radioactive or chemical contamination on spring barley intercalary meristems cells / Alla Oudalova / Nina Dikareva / Stanislav Geras'kin / Jin Kyu Kim / Vladimir Dikarev / Yevgeniy Spirin -- Water pollution indicators of sustainability in Europe and their application to coastal water quality evaluation in Italy / Elena Comino -- Application of GIS technologies in ecotoxicology : a radioecological case study / Vasiliy Davydchuk / Gerassimos Arapis / Nataliya Grytsyuk -- Ambient ozone phytodetection with sensitive clover (Trifolium Subterraneum L. Cv. Geraldton) in Ukraine / Oleg Blum / Nataliya Didyk -- Alterations of agroecosystems in Greece through pesticide use : the <Phalaris case> / Christos Alexoudis / Spyridon Koutroubas / George Vassiliou -- Contribution to ecological safety through segmented integrated pest management in Greece / George Vassiliou -- preliminary study of toxicity by bioassay of the wastes of pulp and paper production units / Joan Iliopoulou-Georgudaki / Nikolaos Venetsaneas -- Air pollution assessment in Volos coastal town, Greece / Nelly Riga-Karandinos / Gerassimos Arapis / Konstantinos Saitanis -- Tropospheric ozone measurements in the Tatra Mountains and its effects on plants / Peter Fleischer / Barbara Godzik -- Long-term monitoring of tropospheric ozone in Kyiv, Ukraine : formation, temporal patterns and potential adverse effects / Oleg Blum -- Hints on ecotoxicology and ethics / Michael G. Karandinos -- framework for multi-criteria decision-making with special reference to critical infrastructure : policy and risk management working group summary and recommendations / Clive Lipchin / David Belluck / Ruth Hull Summary 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) Analysis Ecotoxicology Multiple stressors milieu environment luchtverontreiniging air pollution verontreinigingsbeheersing pollution control stralingsbescherming radiation protection computertechnieken computer techniques gezondheid en milieu environmental health milieumonitoring environmental monitoring Environmental Sciences (General) Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Environmental toxicology -- Congresses Ecological risk assessment -- Methodology -- Congresses Pollution. Biotic communities. Toxicology. Environmental Pollution Ecosystem Risk Assessment -- methods Toxicology toxicology. SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change. Environmental pollution. Ecosystem. Risk Assessment -- methods. Toxicology. Environmental toxicology. Ecological risk assessment -- Methodology. Environnement. Sciences de la terre. Toxicology Pollution Biotic communities Environmental toxicology Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Arapis, Gerassimos. Goncharova, N. N. (Nadezhda Nikolaevna) Baveye, P. (Philippe) North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Public Diplomacy Division. ISBN 9781402044762 1402044763 1402044747 9781402044748 1402044755 9781402044755 661042716X 9786610427161

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