- Ecotoxicity
Ecotoxicity, the subject of study of the field of
ecotoxicology (a portmanteau ofEcology andToxicology ) refers to the potential forbiological ,chemical or physical stressors to affectecosystems . Such stressors might occur in the natural environment at densities, concentrations or levels high enough to disrupt the natural biochemistry, physiology, behaviour and interactions of the living organisms that comprise the ecosystem.Ecotoxicology has been defined as "the branch of toxicology concerned with the study of toxic effects, caused by natural or synthetic pollutants, to the constituents of ecosystems, animal (including human), vegetable and microbial, in an integral context” (Truhaut, 1977).
References
* Truhaut, R. 1977, "Eco-Toxicology - Objectives, Principles and Perspectives", Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 151-173.
See also
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Ecotoxicology
*Toxicity
*Toxicology
*Ecology External links
* [http://www.scienceinthebox.com/en_UK/safety/ecotoxicity_en.html Ecotoxicity] definition on the Science-in-the-Box website of
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