Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 382 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
NATO security through science series - C: Environmental security, 1871-4668 ; v. 6 |
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NATO security through science series. Series C, Environmental security ; v. 6.
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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 |
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Multiple stressors |
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milieu |
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environment |
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luchtverontreiniging |
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air pollution |
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verontreinigingsbeheersing |
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pollution control |
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stralingsbescherming |
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radiation protection |
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computertechnieken |
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computer techniques |
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gezondheid en milieu |
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environmental health |
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milieumonitoring |
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environmental monitoring |
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Environmental Sciences (General) |
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Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Environmental toxicology -- Congresses
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Ecological risk assessment -- Methodology -- Congresses
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Pollution.
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Biotic communities.
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Toxicology.
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Environmental Pollution
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Ecosystem
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Risk Assessment -- methods
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Toxicology
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toxicology.
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SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change.
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Environmental pollution.
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Ecosystem.
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Risk Assessment -- methods.
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Toxicology.
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Environmental toxicology.
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Ecological risk assessment -- Methodology.
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Environnement.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Toxicology
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Pollution
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Biotic communities
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Environmental toxicology
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Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Arapis, Gerassimos.
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Goncharova, N. N. (Nadezhda Nikolaevna)
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Baveye, P. (Philippe)
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Public Diplomacy Division.
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ISBN |
9781402044762 |
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1402044763 |
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1402044747 |
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9781402044748 |
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1402044755 |
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9781402044755 |
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661042716X |
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9786610427161 |
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