Ecotoxicology

Peter Calow, Environmental Assessment Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Valery E Forbes, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

Published online: January 2006

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003245

Ecotoxicology is the description and understanding of impacts of industrial and agricultural chemicals on ecological systems. It is to be distinguished from toxicology because it focuses on the impacts of chemicals on ecological groupings of organisms rather than on individuals.

Keywords: ecology; pollutant; risk assessment

 Further Reading
    book Calow P (1997) Controlling Environmental Risks from Chemicals: Principles and Practice. Chichester: Wiley.
    book Connell D, Lam P, Richardson B and Wu R (1999) Introduction to Ecotoxicology. Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.
    book Forbes VE and Forbes TL (1994) Ecotoxicology in Theory and Practice. London: Chapman & Hall.
    book Van Leeuwen CJ and Hermens JLM (1995) Risk Assessment of Chemicals: An Introduction. Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
    book Walker CH, Hopkin SP, Sibly RM and Peakall DB (2001) Principles of Ecotoxicology, 2nd edn. London: Taylor & Francis.

Related Sub-Topics:

Physiological Ecology | Human Impacts | Conservation and Management
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Calow, Peter, and Forbes, Valery E(Jan 2006) Ecotoxicology. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003245]