Quantitative Ecotoxicology - Newman, Michael C
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A quantitative treatment of the science of ecotoxicology, this expanded and fully updated second edition discusses fundamental concepts and definitions essential to understanding the fate and effects of toxicants at various levels of ecological organization. It includes definitions of scientific ecotoxicology and associated topics and outlines the historical perspective, rationale, and characteristics for the strong inferential and quantitative approach advocated in this book. It then outlines the quantitative methods, highlighting important design issues. Numerous figures and tables accompany…mehr

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A quantitative treatment of the science of ecotoxicology, this expanded and fully updated second edition discusses fundamental concepts and definitions essential to understanding the fate and effects of toxicants at various levels of ecological organization. It includes definitions of scientific ecotoxicology and associated topics and outlines the historical perspective, rationale, and characteristics for the strong inferential and quantitative approach advocated in this book. It then outlines the quantitative methods, highlighting important design issues. Numerous figures and tables accompany the text, with many statistical tables included in the appendix for quick reference.
Autorenporträt
Michael C. Newman is currently the A. Marshall Acuff Jr. Professor of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, where he also served as Dean of Graduate Studies for the School of Marine Sciences from 1999 to 2002. His research interests include quantitative ecotoxicology, environmental statistics, risk assessment, population effects of contaminants, metal chemistry and effects, and bioaccumulation and biomagnification modeling. In addition to more than 125 articles, he has authored five books and edited another six on these topics. The English edition and Mandarin and Turkish translations of Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology have been adopted widely as the textbook for introductory ecotoxicology courses.