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This new book illustrates the complex nature of ecotoxicological issues, using pesticides as an example. It focuses on the assessment and monitoring of the amounts of pollutants in the environment and the subsequent damage. The text provides the basic information and methodology to help the reader determine the extent of ecological damage caused by a given substance.Legislatures in industrialized countries have taken the initiative in dealing with these issues by formulating new priorities for environmental protection. Applied Ecotoxicology describes these regulatory efforts, which are separated by their two distinct objectives: those that seek to expand the scope of protection against the pollutants' negative impacts, and those shifting the level of investigation from the individual to the ecosystem.Pollutants are only one of a number of different environmental factors to which organisms are exposed. Their impact in the field is presented in the context of other forms of human intervention in the environment. The increasing use of pesticides in tropical regions, a growing ecotoxicological concern in these countries, is also discussed.

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CHOICE Review

This third ecotoxicology book from this publisher in the last year is really an introductory work. What it covers it does quite well, including the objectives and challenges facing ecotoxicology and the environmental fate and transport of chemicals. It also introduces the traditional tests used to assess the effects of chemicals, particularly pesticides. There is a brief section on extrapolation from animal or plant test systems, and a cautionary paragraph on the lack of generalizability from one test to another. This reviewer was disappointed by the virtual omission of the extensive work on heavy metals and the superficial coverage of biological amplification through the food chain. The book's chief strength is its coverage of the German scientific literature, so often overlooked by US authors. Its chief weakness is that only about five percent of the references are from 1993 or later, and even fewer are from 1980 or before. It is a translation of an earlier German version, but it misses a very rich and expanding literature on ecological risk assessment from 1992. Not a highly technical work, nor is it "applied." Most suitable for lay managers needing a quick introduction. General; upper-division undergraduate; professionals. J. Burger Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

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Johann F. Moltmann (Ruesselsheim, Germany) (Author) , D.M. Rawson (Author)