Handbook of Ecotoxicology

The Handbook of Ecotoxicology provides a readily accessible, yet critical collection of information on ecotoxicological testing. Now available in a single paperback volume, this handbookrepresents excellent value. Part A concentrates on techniques, especially those tests used for prediction. Thorough descriptionsof the main tests are provided, followed by critical analyses interms of ease of handling, repeatability and ecological relevance, and finally, an extensive bibliography citing key documentsdescribing test methods and key papers evaluating them. Part Bfocuses on the toxicants themselves: summarising their ecologicaleffects, describing ways of predicting effects fromphysico-chemical properties alone, and describing and discussingfate models. * Now available as a single volume in paperback * An invaluable reference resource