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Main Title Quantitative methods in aquatic ecotoxicology /
Author Newman, Michael C.
Publisher Lewis Publishers,
Year Published 1995
OCLC Number 30736331
ISBN 0873716221; 9780873716222
Subjects Water--Pollution--Measurement ; Water--Pollution--Toxicology--Measurement ; Aquatic organisms--Effect of water pollution on--Measurement ; Quantitative Methode ; Aquatisches èOkosystem ; Umwelttoxikologie ; Spurenanalyse ; Wasserverschmutzung ; Ecotoxicologia ; âAgua doce ; âAgua (aspectos ambientais) ; âEcotoxicologie--Technique ; Animaux aquatiques--Effets de la pollution de l'eau ; Eau--Pollution ; Water--Pollution--Environmental aspects--Measurement
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0744/94028619-d.html
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007024054&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
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Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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EHBM  QH545.W3N49 1995 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 06/23/1995
EKCM  QH545.W3N49 1994 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 03/14/1997
ELDM  QH545.W3N49 1995 CCTE/GLTED Library/Duluth,MN 08/30/1996
EMBM  QH545.W3N49 1995 NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK 04/11/1997
ESAM  QH545.W3N49 1995 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 12/20/1996
Collation xix, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Ecotoxicology as a scientific discipline -- Toxicants and ecosystems -- Toxicant effects in ecosystems -- Toxicant fate in ecosystems -- Organization of knowledge based on explanatory principles -- Toward strong inference and clear ecological relevance -- Measurement process -- Regions of quantitation -- Blank correction -- Accuracy and precision -- Variance structure -- Sample size -- Outliers -- Bioaccumulation -- Modeling bioaccumulation: general approach -- Modeling bioaccumulation: alternative approaches -- Intrinsic factors affecting bioaccumulation. Lethal and other quantal responses to stressors -- Dose-response at a set endpoint -- Time-to-death -- Quantifying effects of extrinsic factors -- Quantifying effects of intrinsic factors -- Toxicant mixtures -- Hypothesis tests for detection of chronic lethal and sublethal stress -- Method selection -- One-way analysis of variance -- Test of normality: Shapiro-Wilk's test -- Test for homogeneity of variances: Bartlett's test -- Treatment means compared with the control mean -- Monotomic trend: Willism's test -- Steel's multiple treatment-control rank sum test. Wilcoxon rank sum test with Bonferroni's adjustment -- Inferring biological significance from statistical significance -- Effects at the population level -- Population size -- Demography -- Spatial distribution of individuals -- Population genetics -- Effects at the community level -- Simple species interactions -- Community structure and function -- Composite indices -- Trophic exchange -- Application to ecological assessment -- Facilitating growth of the science.