期刊缩写       ECOTOXICOLOGY

期刊全称       ECOTOXICOLOGY 生态毒理学

期刊ISSN      0963-9292

2013-2014最新影响因子     2.500

期刊官方网站       http://www.springer.com/environment/journal/10646

期刊投稿网址       http://www.editorialmanager.com/ectx/

通讯方式       SPRINGER, VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 3311 GZ

涉及的研究方向    环境科学-毒理学

出版国家       NETHERLANDS

出版周期       Bimonthly

出版年份       1992

年文章数       140

 

 

Editor-in-Chief: Lee R. Shugart

ISSN: 0963-9292 (print version)

ISSN: 1573-3017 (electronic version)

Journal no. 10646

 

 

Offers fundamental research on the effects of toxic chemicals on populations, communities and terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems

Shows how chemicals exert effects on ecosystems, examines their impact at the population and community level

Includes original papers, technical notes and review articles

Editor-in-Chief: Lee R. Shugart, L.R. Shugart & Associates Inc., Oak Ridge, TN, USA

 

Ecotoxicology is an international journal devoted to presenting fundamental research on the effects of toxic chemicals on populations, communities and terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. It elucidates mechanisms and processes whereby chemicals exert their effects on ecosystems, and examines the impact caused at the population or community level. The journal is not restricted with respect to taxon or biome, presenting papers that indicate possible new approaches to regulation and control of toxic chemicals and that formulate ways of conserving threatened species. The journal includes not only original research papers but technical notes and review articles, both invited and submitted. A strong, broadly based editorial board ensures as wide an international coverage as possible.

 

 

Ecotoxicology is the study of the effects of toxic chemicals on biological organisms, especially at the population, community, ecosystem level. Ecotoxicology is a multidisciplinary field, which integrates toxicology and ecology.

 

The ultimate goal of this approach is to be able to predict the effects of pollution so that the most efficient and effective action to prevent or remediate any detrimental effect can be identified. In those ecosystems that are already impacted by pollution ecotoxicological studies can inform as to the best course of action to restore ecosystem services and functions efficiently and effectively.[citation needed]

 

Ecotoxicology differs from environmental toxicology in that it integrates the effects of stressors across all levels of biological organisation from the molecular to whole communities and ecosystems, whereas environmental toxicology focuses upon effects at the level of the individual and below.