Toxicity Testing with Communities: Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Whole-System Manipulations

John Cairns; J. R. Bidwell; Matthew E. Arnegard

doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-4058-7_2

Toxicity Testing with Communities: Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Whole-System Manipulations

John Cairns
, J. R. Bidwell
, Matthew E. Arnegard

Virginia Tech

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Abstract

The field of ecotoxicology is in the early stages of a major paradigm shift driven by three interrelated forces: (1) the consideration of sustainable use of the planet, (2) the protection of ecosystem services (i.e., those ecological functions deemed useful by human society), and (3) the shift from emphasis on producing no deleterious effects to organisms and natural systems to maintaining them in robust health. This review examines present methodologies and information systems in the field of ecotoxicology and determines how suitable they are for making policy and management decisions related to the three developments just stated. Malone (1994) concluded that management of the environment to assure sustainability of its capacity to support human life is essentially a matter of managing human affairs in a manner that fosters sustainable human development. The concept of sustainable development asks whether present practices are suitable for longrange use of the planet.

Original language	American English
Journal	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Volume	147
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4058-7_2
State	Published - Jan 1 1996
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

ecological risk assessment
ecosystem health
ecosystem service
lewis publisher
toxicity test

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Toxicology
Environmental Sciences
Sustainability

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Toxicity Testing with Communities: Microcosms, Mesocosms, and Whole-System Manipulations

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