Species sensitivity distributions in ecotoxicology /

作者：  edited by Leo Posthuma, Glenn W. Suter II, Theo P. Traas.

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简介：Species sensitivity distributions is a statistical or empirical distribution function to measure the varying sensitivities different species have to a chemical. Specialists in its use in toxicology, environmental science, and related disciplines first set out the general principles and history of the technique in North America and Europe, then describe its application as a criteria for environmental quality and as a tool for assessing ecological risk, evaluate its usefulness, and project its future. Their goal is to synthesize otherwise widely scattered information in the formal and informal literature, and to identify specific areas to improve the theory and practice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)